ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Bicultural Competence Moderates Effects of COVID-19 Stress on Distress of Latinx Adults
- Rebecca Farmer Huselid
Hunter College, The City University of New York - Ryan Fuenmayor
CUNY, Macaulay Honors College, Hunter College
Abstract
This web study of 179 Latinx college students found significantly increased stress during the COVID-19 pandemic that was buffered by bicultural competence and ethnic discrimination. Data from Fall 2020 revealed beneficial effects of bicultural competence and aversive effects of microaggression racism on distress, depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms.
Stress