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The Impact Of Pre- And Post-Immigration Factors On The Depressive Symptoms And Alcohol Use Severity Of Young Adult Recent Latino/A Immigrants: Examining The Role Of Gender And Traditional Gender Roles, Vicky Rebecca Vazquez-Barrios

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Over the past decade, there has been a shift in Latino/a immigration patterns to the U.S. including steep increases in South and Central America immigrants. Seeking asylum from political and economic turmoil, many of these immigrants are disproportionately impacted by the compounding conditions of stress, trauma, depressive symptoms, and alcohol use severity (AUS). Most investigations on these conditions have been conducted among Mexican immigrants residing in the U.S. for an extended time period. Far less is known about the cumulative and intersecting effects of these conditions among a diverse group of recent Latino/a immigrants (RLIs) or how cultural factors such …