TY - JOUR
T1 - Mexican American adolescents and generalized anxiety disorder
T2 - a narrative review
AU - Mommaerts, Katherine
AU - Camplain, Ricky
AU - Sabo, Samantha
AU - Lininger, Monica Rae
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023.
PY - 2024/5
Y1 - 2024/5
N2 - Mexican American adolescents have a higher risk for experiencing a mental health disorder, specifically generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), compared to their non-Mexican American peers. This comprehensive narrative review examined the unique factors contributing to the manifestation of GAD among Mexican American adolescents living in the United States. The socio-ecological model (SEM) was utilized to explore bibliographic material pertaining to the various factors that influence GAD in Mexican American adolescents. Factors contributing to the manifestation of GAD were present at all multifaceted levels of the SEM. This research adds to the limited, yet growing, knowledge of GAD among Mexican American adolescents and the importance of culture, family cohesion and involvement, and the educational setting in fostering healthy development for this population.
AB - Mexican American adolescents have a higher risk for experiencing a mental health disorder, specifically generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), compared to their non-Mexican American peers. This comprehensive narrative review examined the unique factors contributing to the manifestation of GAD among Mexican American adolescents living in the United States. The socio-ecological model (SEM) was utilized to explore bibliographic material pertaining to the various factors that influence GAD in Mexican American adolescents. Factors contributing to the manifestation of GAD were present at all multifaceted levels of the SEM. This research adds to the limited, yet growing, knowledge of GAD among Mexican American adolescents and the importance of culture, family cohesion and involvement, and the educational setting in fostering healthy development for this population.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Generalized anxiety disorder
KW - Mexican American
KW - Narrative review
KW - Socio-ecological model
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U2 - 10.1007/s12144-023-05485-1
DO - 10.1007/s12144-023-05485-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85178409724
SN - 1046-1310
VL - 43
SP - 15091
EP - 15101
JO - Current Psychology
JF - Current Psychology
IS - 17
ER -