@article{ref1,
title="The unique effects of hope and gratitude on psychological distress and well-being in trauma-exposed Hispanic/Latino adults",
journal="Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy",
year="2023",
author="Senger, Amy R. and Gallagher, Matthew W.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Gratitude and hope are well-established predictors of well-being and buffers against posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety symptoms. However, scarce literature exists that investigates these relationships in a Hispanic/Latino sample. The current study investigates gratitude's and hope's relationship to PTSD and anxiety symptoms and different domains of well-being in trauma-exposed Hispanic/Latino young adults at a large southern university. <br><br>METHOD: The sample was composed of 732 undergraduate students who were mostly female (80.7%) and young adults, (M(age) = 21.8, SD = 4.3), who endorsed experiencing one or more traumatic events via the Life Events Checklist. Students completed an online survey for course credit. <br><br>RESULTS: Structural equation models were used to analyze the data. Gratitude had a stronger inverse relationship with PTSD symptoms (β = -.43, 95% CI [-0.50, -0.35]) and anxiety symptoms (β = -.28, 95% CI [-0.36, -0.20]) compared to hope (β =.06, 95% CI [-0.01, 0.14]) (β = -.06, 95% CI [-0.14, 0.02]). Both gratitude and hope were robust predictors of the three domains of well-being. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The current study found that hope and gratitude predicted resilience in trauma-exposed Hispanic/Latino young adults. Decreased levels of gratitude were a stronger predictor of psychological distress and subjective well-being than decreased levels of hope, but hope was a robust predictor of the three well-being domains. The findings of this study may lend support for the development of hope and gratitude interventions in a Hispanic/Latino population for the prevention of PTSD symptoms and anxiety symptoms via engendering higher levels of resilience. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1942-9681",
doi="10.1037/tra0001550",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001550"
}