ABSTRACT

The mental and behavioral health burden resulting from COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the Latinx population. Yet, no work has investigated the influence of resilience as a protective factor against COVID-19 related consequences. The aim of the current study was to evaluate resilience in relation to COVID-19 related fear, anxiety symptoms, COVID-19 anxiety-related sleep disturbances, and depression among Latinx persons (178 Latinx persons [31.5% female, M_age = 34.1 years, SD = 8.2]). It was hypothesized that greater levels of resilience would be associated with lower levels of all COVID-19 related behavioral health outcomes above and beyond the variance accounted for by years living in the United States (U.S.), degree of COVID-19 exposure, sex, age, education, and COVID-19 related work and financial troubles and home-life distress. Results indicated that greater levels of resilience were associated with lower levels of COVID-19 related fear (ΔR² = .06, p < .001), anxiety symptoms (ΔR² = .03, p = .005), COVID-19 anxiety-related sleep disturbances (ΔR² = .06, p < .001), and depression (ΔR² = .04, p = .001). Overall, the present study is the first to document the potential importance of resilience in relation to common and clinically significant COVID-19 behavioral health problems among Latinx persons.

摘要

COVID-19 造成的精神和行为健康负担对拉丁裔人口造成了不成比例的影响。然而，还没有研究调查弹性作为 COVID-19 相关后果的保护因素的影响。本研究的目的是评估与 COVID-19 相关的恐惧、焦虑症状、COVID-19 焦虑相关的睡眠障碍和抑郁症在拉丁裔人群中的恢复力（178 名拉丁裔人士 [31.5% 女性，M 年龄 = 34.1_岁 ） ,标清 = 8.2])。据推测，更高水平的复原力将与较低水平的所有 COVID-19 相关行为健康结果相关，这超出了美国 (US) 生活年限、COVID-19 接触程度、性别、年龄、教育和与 COVID-19 相关的工作和财务问题以及家庭生活困境。结果表明，更高水平的复原力与较低水平的 COVID-19 相关恐惧（ΔR ²  = .06，p  < .001）、焦虑症状（ΔR ²  = .03，p  = .005）、COVID-19 焦虑相关-相关的睡眠障碍 ( ΔR ²  = .06, p  < .001) 和抑郁症 ( ΔR ² = .04，p  = .001）。总体而言，本研究首次记录了恢复力对拉丁裔人群中常见且具有临床意义的 COVID-19 行为健康问题的潜在重要性。