INVESTIGATING PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING AMONG ETHNICALLY DIVERSE RURAL WOMEN: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

Authors

Rochelle L. Dalla, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Catherine Huddleston-Casas, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Maria León, University of Nebraska at Omaha

ORCID IDs

Rochelle L. Dalla

Date of this Version

2008

Comments

Published in Great Plains Research, 18:2 (Fall 2008) 143-54. Copyright © 2008 by the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of similarity and difference in psychosocial well-being among 42 first-generation, Spanish-speaking Latinas, 23 second-generation, English-speaking Latinas, and 25 English-speaking Caucasian women residing in five unique rural Nebraska communities. Participants completed a series of self-report survey instruments to assess indices of psychosocial health, including: marital satisfaction, marital communication, family communication, social support, and depression. Spanishspeaking Latinas and English-speaking Caucasians evidenced the greatest similarity in patterns of experience. Twenty-eight percent of the total sample (n = 25) scored above the clinical cutoff for depression. Implications and suggestions for future work are discussed.