Abstract
This study utilized quantitative research methods to explore the relationship between Latino college students' acculturative stressors, parent-child differences in cultural values, and attachment style on depression. The study also explored the effects of discrimination and social support as covariates. A sample of 321 Latino college students from two universities participated in the research. The sample included college students (78.5% female) from a private liberal arts university and a public university in Southern California who identified as Latino, Hispanic, or as having mixed Latino decent. Participants completed an online survey that included a demographic questionnaire and items related to personal cultural values, perceived caregiver cultural values, attachment style, acculturative stress, discrimination, social support, and depressive symptoms. Results using analysis of variance suggested that attachment style had a significant main effect on depression scores while differences in caregiver-child cultural values did not have a significant effect. Further, discrimination served as a covariate. This study generated a foundation for further investigation of contextual and acculturation factors (i.e. cultural values gap, discrimination, acculturative stress) with individual factors (i.e. depression, attachment style, parent-child relationships, use of social support) for Latino college students.