Title
Neighborhood characteristics and ataque de nervios: the role of neighborhood violence
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine; UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center
Publication Date
2020-07-21
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Behavioral Medicine | Community Health | Community Psychology | Place and Environment | Preventive Medicine | Psychiatry and Psychology | Public Health Education and Promotion
Abstract
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.
Keywords
ataque de nervios, idioms of distress, Latinas/os, neighborhood violence
DOI of Published Version
10.1177/1363461520935674
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
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Transcultural psychiatry
Related Resources
PubMed ID
32693690
Repository Citation
Ginzburg SL, Lemon SC, Rosal MC. (2020). Neighborhood characteristics and ataque de nervios: the role of neighborhood violence. UMass Worcester PRC Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461520935674. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/prc_pubs/171