PMID- 38402654
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240320
LR  - 20240411
IS  - 1573-2509 (Electronic)
IS  - 0920-9964 (Linking)
VI  - 266
DP  - 2024 Apr
TI  - Acculturation and clinical symptoms of schizophrenia among Latine adults in the 
      United States.
PG  - 145-152
LID - S0920-9964(24)00057-4 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.schres.2024.02.021 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Research on acculturation and schizophrenia spectrum disorders has 
      yielded inconsistent findings. This study aimed to clarify the influence of 
      acculturation on symptomatology in Latine individuals with schizophrenia in the 
      United States. METHODS: The analysis involved cross-sectional data from Latine 
      (n = 120) and non-Latine White (n = 60) adults with schizophrenia in San Diego, 
      California. Participants completed the Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics 
      (SASH), Positive and Negative Symptom Scale, and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 
      in their preferred language. Univariate linear regressions were implemented to 
      identify proxy measures as predictors of acculturation scores. Analyses of 
      variance were conducted to analyze the relationship of SASH scores and proxy 
      measures of acculturation to symptom severity. RESULTS: Latine participants 
      presented more symptom severity than non-Latine Whites. When categorized by 
      acculturation status (Spanish-preferring, bicultural, and English-preferring), 
      Spanish-preferring participants presented similar psychiatric symptoms to the 
      non-Latine group and less severe symptoms than both other Latine groups. Analyses 
      identified study language as the strongest proxy measure for the SASH. Latine 
      participants assessed in English had significantly worse positive and depressive 
      symptoms than those assessed in Spanish. Nativity status moderated the 
      relationship between study language and symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: Findings 
      support an association between acculturation and symptom severity among Latine 
      individuals with schizophrenia. The use of proxy measures of acculturation may be 
      useful in settings where time is constrained. Future research should continue to 
      explore acculturation and symptomatology in Latine communities.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V.
FAU - Tibirica, Lize
AU  - Tibirica L
AD  - Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San 
      Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San 
      Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
FAU - Kohn, Jordan
AU  - Kohn J
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; 
      Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University 
      of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
FAU - Patapoff, Molly
AU  - Patapoff M
AD  - Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San 
      Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San 
      Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
FAU - Williams, Allison P
AU  - Williams AP
AD  - Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San 
      Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San 
      Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
FAU - Palmer, Barton W
AU  - Palmer BW
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; 
      Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, Mental Illness Research, Education, 
      and Clinical Center (MIRECC), San Diego, CA, USA.
FAU - Barrio, Concepcion
AU  - Barrio C
AD  - Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los 
      Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: cbarrio@usc.edu.
LA  - eng
GR  - T32 MH019934/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240224
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Schizophr Res
JT  - Schizophrenia research
JID - 8804207
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Humans
MH  - United States
MH  - *Schizophrenia/diagnosis
MH  - Acculturation
MH  - Hispanic or Latino/psychology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Language
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Acculturation
OT  - Bicultural
OT  - Immigration
OT  - Latinx
OT  - Schizophrenia
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors have no conflicts to disclose.
EDAT- 2024/02/26 00:42
MHDA- 2024/03/20 06:46
CRDT- 2024/02/25 18:01
PHST- 2023/02/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/10/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2024/02/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/03/20 06:46 [medline]
PHST- 2024/02/26 00:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/02/25 18:01 [entrez]
AID - S0920-9964(24)00057-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.schres.2024.02.021 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Schizophr Res. 2024 Apr;266:145-152. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.02.021. Epub 2024 
      Feb 24.