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The present investigation examined the interactive effects of subjective social status and rumination in relation to anxiety/depressive symptoms and psychopathology among 276 Latinos (82% female; M age= 39.2, SD= 11.1; 97.0% reported Spanish as first language) who attended a community-based primary health care clinic. Results indicated that the interaction between rumination and subjective social status was significantly associated with depression (B=−. 04, t=− 3.52, p<. 001, 95% CI [−. 06,−. 02]), social anxiety (B=−. 01, t=− 3.84, p<. 001, 95% CI [−. 02,−. 01]), and the number of mood and anxiety disorders (B=−. 004, t=− 2.80, p=. 005, 95% CI [−. 006,−. 001]), after controlling for main effects of rumination and subjective social status. The form of the interactions suggested that the associations of rumination and the outcome variables were stronger for those with lower compared to higher subjective social …