ArticleJournal of affective disorders2021
Associations between religiosity and perinatal anxiety symptoms among women of Mexican descent.
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- Relationship Between Religious Attitudes of Pregnant Women and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Levels in Turkey.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- COVID-19-Related Risk, Resilience, and Mental Health Among Mexican American Mothers Across the First Year of the Pandemic.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Factors associated with the self-esteem of pregnant women at normal risk.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Changes in mental health symptoms and sociocultural factors across the COVID-19 pandemic in mothers of Mexican descent.Archives of women's mental health · 2023Article
- Multi-Level Protective and Risk Factors Longitudinally Associated with Dating Violence Perpetration among Non-Urban Mexican-American Adolescents.Adolescents (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The magnitude of perinatal depression and associated factors among women in Kutaber woreda public health institution and Boru Meda general hospital, Ethiopia, 2022: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Pregnancy Anxiety and Beliefs Surrounding Motherhood in Latinas: A Qualitative Study.Journal of latinx psychology · 2022Article
- What is prenatal stress? A scoping review of how prenatal stress is defined and measured within the context of food insecurity, housing instability, and immigration in the United States.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundOver half of pregnant women experience anxiety symptoms, however perinatal mental health disparities exist. Women of Mexican descent exhibit higher levels of anxiety symptoms which may be linked to sociocultural stressors. However, little is known about culturally relevant factors that may protect against anxiety in this fast-growing population, such as religiosity, an important facet of Mexican culture.
methodsPregnant women of Mexican descent (n = 197) were recruited from a local community clinic and followed into the postpartum period. Women completed surveys assessing religiosity, acculturation, acculturative stress, and anxiety symptoms.
resultsHigher levels of religiosity were associated with lower levels of anxiety symptoms throughout pregnancy, but not postpartum (b = -1.01, p = .002). Additionally, religiosity significantly buffered the relationship between acculturative stress and anxiety symptoms during early (R LIMITATIONS: The study was limited to women of Mexican descent and it is possible that other immigrant groups may exhibit different patterns of religiosity and anxiety symptoms.
conclusionsThese results suggest that religiosity may be protective against maternal anxiety among women of Mexican descent, which has important implications for culturally relevant perinatal interventions and treatments.
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