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ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2026

Optimism, Lifetime Financial Stressors, and Mental Health Among Racially, Sexually, and Gender Minoritized Emerging Adults.

Luis A Parra, Lydia G Roos, Eric K Layland, Chandler M Spahr, Jeremy T Goldbach, Bethany C Bray, Michele D Kipke, George M Slavich

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Luis A ParraSchool of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. laparra@umich.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8681-5240
Lydia G RoosDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4688-5687
Eric K LaylandDepartment of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0641-408X
Chandler M SpahrDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2239-0372
Jeremy T GoldbachBrown School of Social Work, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4355-046X
Bethany C BrayInstitute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8627-3939
Michele D KipkeDepartments of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1032-2324
George M SlavichDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5710-3818

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Young Men of Color Who Have Sex with Men Cohort StudyU01DA036926 · NIDA · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES · PI GOLDBACH, JEREMY THOMAS, KIPKE, MICHELE D. · 2015 to 2024
$23.3M
Governor's Office of Planning and Research OPR2110NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA036926
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Abstract

backgroundAlthough racially, sexually, and gender minoritized (RSGM) persons experience chronic and sometimes severe financial life stressors that increase their risk of mental health problems across the life course, no studies in this population have examined psychological resilience factors, such as optimism, that may mitigate these negative effects. PURPOSE: To investigate how exposure to financial stressors is associated with symptoms of anxiety, depression, and somatization, and whether optimism moderates these associations.

methodTwo hundred and eighty-five RSGM emerging adults (M

resultsAs hypothesized, multiple regression analyses with interaction terms indicated that more frequent and severe acute and chronic lifetime financial stressors were related to greater anxious, depressive, and somatic symptoms. Moreover, greater optimism was associated with fewer mental health symptoms. Additionally, greater optimism was associated with fewer somatic symptoms than lower optimism when exposed to more financial stressors. Similarly, greater optimism attenuated the negative effects of greater financial stressors' severity on depressive symptoms.

conclusionsFinancial stressors are related to worse mental health among RSGM emerging adults, and optimism may mitigate these effects. Screening for lifetime financial stressors and bolstering optimism may help reduce mental health disparities related to financial stressors in this population.

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Financial StressMental HealthOptimismSexual and Gender MinoritiesAdultAnxietyBlack or African AmericanDepressionFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleWhiteYoung AdultAnd gender minoritized emerging adultsAnxious symptomsDepressive symptomsFinancial stressor exposureOptimismRaciallySexuallySomatic symptoms

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