The Protective Roles of Ethnic Identity, Social Support, and Coping on Depression in Low-Income Parents: A Test of the Adaptation to Poverty-Related Stress Model
- 1 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 88 (6), 504-515
- https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000477
Abstract
Objective: This study tested the Adaptation to Poverty-Related Stress (APRS) model's proposed relationships between poverty-related stress (PRS), ethnic identity affirmation (EI), social support, engagement coping. and depression in a racial/ethnically diverse sample of low-income parents. Method: Path analysis was used to test the APRS model in a sample of 602 parents living at or below 200% of the federal poverty line (50% male. mean age = 32.55 years, SD = 8.78. 34.8% White). Multigroup path analysis tested moderation by gender and race/ethnicity. Results: Path analysis revealed that PRS was indirectly associated with higher depressive symptoms through less social support and less use of engagement coping operating in parallel and sequentially in a three-path mediated sequence. Conversely. EI was indirectly associated with lower depressive symptoms through greater social support and greater use of engagement coping operating in parallel and sequentially. However, PRS remained a direct predictor of higher depressive symptoms. Moderation by gender and race/ethnicity was not found. Conclusion: Overall, the findings provide empirical support for the APRS model. This study suggests that clinical and preventive interventions targeting depression in low-income parents could benefit from focusing on improving low-income parent's use of engagement coping and perceived social support. Ethnic identity is a promising target as it to protects against PRS' negative impact on coping and social support.Keywords
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