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Neighborhood characteristics and ataque de nervios: the role of neighborhood violence
UMass Chan Affiliations
Prevention Research CenterDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2020-07-21Keywords
ataque de nerviosidioms of distress
Latinas/os
neighborhood violence
Behavioral Medicine
Community Health
Community Psychology
Place and Environment
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry and Psychology
Public Health Education and Promotion
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Ataque de nervios is a Latina/o idiom of distress that may occur as a culturally sanctioned response to acute stressful experiences, particularly relating to grief, threat, family conflict, and a breakdown in social networks. The contextual factors associated with ataque de nervios have received little attention in research. This study examined the association between neighborhood factors and the experience of ataque de nervios among a sample of Latinas/os participating in the Latino Health and Well-Being Project in the northeastern United States. We examined the association between neighborhood cohesion, safety, trust, and violence and ataque de nervios. In multivariate logistic regression models, neighborhood violence was associated with ataque de nervios (p = .02), with each unit increase in the neighborhood violence scale being associated with 1.36 times greater odds of experiencing ataque de nervios. None of the other neighborhood variables were significantly associated with ataque de nervios. The positive association between neighborhood violence and the experience of ataque de nervios makes a further case for policy efforts and other investments to reduce neighborhood violence.Source
Ginzburg SL, Lemon SC, Rosal M. Neighborhood characteristics and ataque de nervios: the role of neighborhood violence. Transcult Psychiatry. 2020 Jul 21:1363461520935674. doi: 10.1177/1363461520935674. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32693690. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1177/1363461520935674Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/44579PubMed ID
32693690Related Resources
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1177/1363461520935674