Latinx young adults in college (ages 18-25 years) are at an elevated risk for somatic and mental health disparities. Although the experience of pain is among the most common health complaints among Latinx young adults, there is no scientific information about how cognitive-based responses to pain relate to somatic vigilance and mental health among this group. The current study therefore investigated the explanatory role of pain-related anxiety (worry about negative consequences of pain) in terms of body vigilance, worry, anxious arousal, and general depression among Latinx young adults. Participants were Latinx college students (M = 21 years; SD = 2.02; 83% female) at a large, southwestern university. Results indicated that greater levels of pain-related anxiety were associated with significantly greater bodily vigilance, worry, anxious arousal, and general depression after adjusting for age, gender, physical functioning, subjective social status, and pain intensity. The current investigation suggests that Latinx young adults who experience elevated levels of pain-related anxiety may be at greater risk for somatic hypervigilance and negative affect symptoms. Therefore, reducing pain-related anxiety among Latinx young adults may be an important therapeutic strategy in efforts to reduce somatic and mental health disparities among this group.
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