H - 42 Multivariate Base Rates for the NIH Toolbox Emotion Battery in the Spanish-Speaking Normative Sample.

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This study involved the calculation of multivariate base rates for the NIH Toolbox Emotion Battery (NIHTB-EB) for the Spanish-speaking normative sample, stratifying by sociocultural variables. Participants were 224 Spanish-speaking adults from the NIHTB norming study (M = 42.2years-old, SD = 16.3; 40.2% Male; 100% Hispanic/Latinx). Frequencies of obtaining one or more "potentially problematic" emotion scores (i.e., either T60, depending on scale orientation) were calculated with stratifications by gender, education, country of birth and education, bilingualism, and household income. The NIHTB-EB includes 17 scales measuring negative affect, social satisfaction, and psychological well-being. When interpreting all 17 scales, 59.8% of participants had one or more potentially problematic score(s). Only education was related to problematic score frequencies (p < 0.014, phi = 0.19). Adults with less than high school education (68.4%) had the highest frequency scores compared to adults with a high school diploma (42.3%) or greater education (54.5%). Although non-significant, bilingual adults (66.7%) tended to have more potentially problematic scores than monolingual adults (56.8%; p = 0.16, phi = 0.09) and higher income (49.0%) was related to more potentially problematic scores than lower income (63.8%; p = 0.07, phi = 0.14). Most Spanish-speaking adults obtained one or more potentially problematic NIHTB-EB scores, with more emotional difficulties associated with less education and modestly associated with lower socioeconomic status and bilingualism. Future research may explore how these variables interact with emotional health among Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latinx adults.