TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived Racial Discrimination and Pain Intensity/Disability Among Economically Disadvantaged Latinos in a Federally Qualified Health Center
T2 - The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity
AU - Bakhshaie, Jafar
AU - Rogers, Andrew H.
AU - Mayorga, Nubia A.
AU - Ditre, Joseph
AU - Rodríguez-Cano, Rubén
AU - Ruiz, Ana C.
AU - Viana, Andres G.
AU - Garza, Monica
AU - Lemaire, Chad
AU - Ochoa-Perez, Melissa
AU - Bogiaizian, Daniel
AU - Zvolensky, Michael J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/2/15
Y1 - 2019/2/15
N2 - The present study examined the role of anxiety sensitivity (AS; fear of the negative consequences of anxiety) in the relation between perceived racial discrimination and pain-related problems among Latinos seeking health services at a Federally Qualified Health Center. Participants included 145 adult Latinos (87.80% female, Mage = 38.07 years, SD = 11.98, and 96.2% reported Spanish as their first language). Results indicated that perceived racial discrimination was indirectly related to the pain intensity and pain disability through AS. These effects were evident above and beyond the variance accounted for by gender, age, marital status, educational status, employment status, years living in the United States, and number of axis I diagnoses. Overall, the present findings highlight the merit in focusing further scientific attention on the interplay between perceived racial discrimination and AS to better understand and inform interventions to reduce pain problems among Latinos in primary care.
AB - The present study examined the role of anxiety sensitivity (AS; fear of the negative consequences of anxiety) in the relation between perceived racial discrimination and pain-related problems among Latinos seeking health services at a Federally Qualified Health Center. Participants included 145 adult Latinos (87.80% female, Mage = 38.07 years, SD = 11.98, and 96.2% reported Spanish as their first language). Results indicated that perceived racial discrimination was indirectly related to the pain intensity and pain disability through AS. These effects were evident above and beyond the variance accounted for by gender, age, marital status, educational status, employment status, years living in the United States, and number of axis I diagnoses. Overall, the present findings highlight the merit in focusing further scientific attention on the interplay between perceived racial discrimination and AS to better understand and inform interventions to reduce pain problems among Latinos in primary care.
KW - Anxiety sensitivity
KW - Disparity
KW - Latino
KW - Pain disability
KW - Pain intensity
KW - Perceived discrimination
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-018-0715-8
DO - 10.1007/s10903-018-0715-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 29460134
AN - SCOPUS:85042180049
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 21
SP - 21
EP - 29
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 1
ER -