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Valentino K, Park IJK, Cruz-Gonzalez M, Zhen-Duan J, Wang L, Yip T, Lorenzo K, Dias D, Alvarez K, Alegría M. Family-level moderators of daily associations between discrimination and distress among Mexican-origin youth. Dev Psychopathol 2024:1-16. [PMID: 38584283 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579424000749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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The current study evaluated cultural values and family processes that may moderate associations between daily racial-ethnic discrimination and distress among Mexican-origin youth. Integrating micro-time (daily diary) and macro-time (longitudinal survey) research design features, we examined familism, family cohesion, and ethnic-racial socialization from youth-, mother-, and father- reports as potential buffers of daily associations between youth racial-ethnic discrimination and youth distress (negative affect and anger). The analytic sample, drawn from the Seguimos Avanzando study, included 317 Mexican-origin adolescents (Mage = 13.5 years) and their parents, recruited from the Midwestern United States. Results indicated that youth-reported familism and family cohesion significantly buffered daily associations between youth racial-ethnic discrimination and youth distress. In contrast, parent-reported familism and family cohesion and some aspects of ethnic-racial socialization exacerbated the discrimination to distress link. The implications of these results are discussed to inform efforts supporting the healthy development of Mexican-origin youth and their families.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend, South Bend, USA
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- Disparities Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Disparities Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA
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- Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
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- Disparities Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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Picou P, Kemp EC, Ferreira R, Sharp C, Hill RM. Familism moderates the association between parent-child conflict, interpersonal needs, and suicidal ideation among adolescents. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 2024:13591045241235723. [PMID: 38466578 DOI: 10.1177/13591045241235723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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Within the framework of the interpersonal theory of suicide, parent-child conflict in adolescence may be associated with suicidal ideation through increases in thwarted interpersonal needs (i.e., perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness). Familism, a cultural value that emphasizes prioritizing familial interconnectedness and honor, may moderate the association between parent-child conflict and thwarted interpersonal needs. This study examined the relationship between parent-child conflict, familism, and suicidal ideation through the interpersonal theory of suicide. Participants were N = 250 psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents aged 12-17 years (Mage = 14.84, 60.8% female; 41.9% Hispanic, 21.5% African American/Black, 26.0% Caucasian). Participants completed survey and interview measures prior to discharge from psychiatric hospitalization. There was a significant conditional indirect effect of parent-child conflict on suicidal ideation through thwarted interpersonal needs [F (3, 246) = 54.41, p < .01], such that the strength of the indirect effects family conflict on suicidal ideation via thwarted interpersonal needs increased as familism increased. Findings indicate that the relationship between parent-child conflict and thwarted interpersonal needs may be exacerbated when levels of familism are also high. For youth who endorse high levels of familism, parent-child conflict may be particularly pernicious. Interventions targeting the family environment are needed to potentially improve adolescents' interpersonal functioning and protect against suicidal ideation.
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- Paige Picou
- Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Houston, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, USA
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Mehdipanah R, Briceño EM, Malvitz M, Chang W, Lewandowski-Romps L, Heeringa SG, Levine DA, Zahuranec DB, Langa KM, Gonzales XF, Garcia N, Morgenstern LB. Exploring Pathways to Caregiver Health: The Roles of Caregiver Burden, Familism, and Ethnicity. J Aging Health 2024:8982643241235970. [PMID: 38388008 DOI: 10.1177/08982643241235970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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OBJECTIVES This study examines the associations of ethnicity, caregiver burden, familism, and physical and mental health among Mexican Americans (MAs) and non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs). METHODS We recruited adults 65+ years with possible cognitive impairment (using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment score<26), and their caregivers living in Nueces County, Texas. We used weighted path analysis to test effects of ethnicity, familism, and caregiver burden on caregiver's mental and physical health. RESULTS 516 caregivers and care-receivers participated. MA caregivers were younger, more likely female, and less educated compared to NHWs. Increased caregiver burden was associated with worse mental (B = -0.53; p < .001) and physical health (B = -0.15; p = .002). Familism was associated with lower burden (B = -0.14; p = .001). MA caregivers had stronger familism scores (B = 0.49; p < .001). DISCUSSION Increased burden is associated with worse caregiver mental and physical health. MA caregivers had stronger familism resulting in better health. Findings can contribute to early identification, intervention, and coordination of services to help reduce caregiver burden.
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- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Estrella ML, Tarraf W, Kuwayama S, Gallo LC, Wu B, Marquine MJ, Perreira KM, Vasquez PM, Isasi CR, Lipton RB, Mattei J, González HM, Daviglus ML, Lamar M. Psychosocial factors associated with 7-year change in cognition among middle-aged and older Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (SOL-INCA) and Sociocultural ancillary studies. Alzheimers Dement 2024; 20:1137-1148. [PMID: 37897802 PMCID: PMC10916974 DOI: 10.1002/alz.13527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Few studies have examined the associations of psychosocial factors with cognitive change in Hispanics/Latinos. METHODS Data from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (HCHS/SOL INCA) and Sociocultural studies were used (n = 2,155; ages ≥45 years). Psychosocial exposures included intrapersonal (ethnic identity, optimism, purpose in life), interpersonal (family cohesion, familism, social networks, social support), and social factors (ethnic discrimination, loneliness, subjective social status). Survey-linear regression models examined associations between psychosocial exposures and 7-year cognitive change (global cognition [GC], verbal learning, memory, word fluency [WF], and digit symbol substitution [DSS]). RESULTS Familism predicted decline in GC, verbal learning, and memory; family cohesion predicted DSS decline; and loneliness predicted memory decline. Ethnic identity was protective against decline in GC and memory, optimism and social support were protective against decline in memory, and purpose in life was protective against WF decline. DISCUSSION Psychosocial factors are differentially related to cognitive changes. Culturally relevant factors should be explored in Hispanic/Latino cognitive aging research. HIGHLIGHTS Psychosocial factors are differentially related to cognitive changes in Latinos. Role of culturally relevant factors on cognition should be further explored. Familism predicted decline in global cognition, verbal learning, and memory. Ethnic identity predicted increase in global cognition and memory.
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- Mayra L. Estrella
- Department of EpidemiologyHuman Genetics and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) School of Public HealthBrownsvilleTexasUSA
- Institute for Minority Health ResearchUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Institute of Gerontology and Department of Healthcare SciencesWayne State UniversityDetroitMichiganUSA
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- Department of Neurosciences and Shiley‐Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of PsychologySan Diego State UniversitySan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Neurosciences and Shiley‐Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
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- Departments of Medicine and PsychiatryDuke Center for the Study of Aging and Human DevelopmentDuke UniversityDurhamNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Department of Social MedicineUniversity of North Carolina School of MedicineChapel HillNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Department of Urban Public HealthCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and ScienceLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population HealthAlbert Einstein College of MedicineBronxNew YorkUSA
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- Department of NeurologyAlbert Einstein College of MedicineNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Department of NutritionHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of Neurosciences and Shiley‐Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCaliforniaUSA
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- Institute for Minority Health ResearchUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Institute for Minority Health ResearchUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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Xie X, Pan C, Xu M, He A, Shu Y. Cross-cultural experiences and self-development: a psychobiographical study of Bruce Lee. Int Rev Psychiatry 2024; 36:69-79. [PMID: 38557343 DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2023.2257326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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A common challenge people face in today's cross-cultural world is how to solve a series of adaptation problems caused by cultural conflict. Exploring Bruce Lee's successful cross-cultural experiences through psychobiography offers some inspiration and thoughts. How did Bruce Lee successfully integrate martial arts, symbolising the Eastern culture, with films representing the Western culture, finally propelling kung fu films onto the international stage? Numerous publicly available materials about Bruce Lee were collected for this study, and the research data were evaluated using thematic analysis. Bruce Lee's success benefitted from reconstructing cultural environment information and exercising his initiative to shape a new cultural environment. His life experiences reflect individual cognition behaviour and social and cultural environments as two aspects of a dynamic circulation system and show that the two have reached internal and spiralling harmony through mutual integration. In the context of the Oriental collectivism culture's family narrative, Chinese adults' personality development features the unique theme of 'inheritance and innovation'. Dealing with the relationship between self-actualisation and familism is another important and challenging task in developing the Chinese personality.
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- Xia Xie
- Institute of Psychobiography, School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Psychobiography, School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Psychobiography, School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Psychobiography, School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Psychobiography, School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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Sanchez M, Gonzalez MR, Fernandez A, Barton A, Diaz V, Wang W. Sociocultural influences on alcohol expectancies in early adolescence: Findings from the ABCD study. Health Psychol 2023; 42:842-855. [PMID: 37227824 PMCID: PMC10674043 DOI: 10.1037/hea0001290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Alcohol expectancies (AE) during early adolescence predict early alcohol use initiation and problem drinking both cross-sectionally and prospectively well into adulthood. Yet, our understanding of the sociocultural factors associated with AE during this development period remains limited. This study examines associations between AE and sociocultural factors across various domains (i.e., individual, family, peer, school, community, and culture) in a demographically diverse sample of 10- to 14-year-old youth in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD Study). METHOD This cross-sectional study used 2-year follow-up data from the ABCD Release 3.0 for N = 5,322 early adolescents (Mage = 12 years [SD = 0.6]; 47% male). Approximately 60% identified as non-Hispanic/Latinx White, 17% as Hispanic/Latinx, 11% as non-Hispanic/Latinx Black, 2% as non-Hispanic/Latinx Asian, and 11% as mixed/other race-ethnicity. Separate models for positive and negative AE outcomes were conducted using linear mixed-effect models while controlling for demographic covariates. RESULTS Positive AE were most strongly associated with familism, followed by other peer, school, community, and cultural level factors. Negative AE were most strongly associated with the peer-level factor of relational victimization and the individual-level factor of negative life events, followed by other peer, school, and community-level factors. CONCLUSION The present findings reveal the potential constellation of sociocultural factors that may serve as targets for modifying AE during the middle school years. Study results also underscore the need for future research that integrates cultural factors into our understanding of alcohol use risk and resilience during early adolescence. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Mariana Sanchez
- Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Florida International University
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- Department of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Sciences Center
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- Department of Psychology, Florida International University
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- Center for Human Development, University of California, San Diego
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- Center for Research on U.S. Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, Florida International University
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Huertas-Domingo C, Losada-Baltar A, Romero-Moreno R, Gallego-Alberto L, Márquez-González M. Sociocultural factors, guilt and depression in family caregivers of people with dementia. Kinship differences. Aging Ment Health 2023; 27:1655-1665. [PMID: 37020430 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2023.2195821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study aims to analyze the role that family obligations and social desirability have for understanding guilt and depressive symptoms in family caregivers. A theoretical model is proposed to analyze this significance based on the kinship with the person cared for. METHODS Participants are 284 family caregivers of people with dementia divided into four kinship groups (husbands, wives, daughters and sons). Face-to-face interviews were conducted assessing sociodemographic variables, familism (family obligations), dysfunctional thoughts, social desirability, frequency and discomfort associated with problematic behaviors, guilt and depressive symptoms. Path analyses are performed to analyze the fit of the proposed model and multigroup analysis to study potential differences between kinship groups. RESULTS The proposed model fits the data well and explains significant percentages of variance of guilt feelings and depressive symptomatology for each group. The multigroup analysis suggests that, for daughters, higher family obligations were associated with depressive symptomatology through a report of higher dysfunctional thoughts. For daughters and wives, an indirect association between social desirability and guilt was observed through reaction to problematic behaviors. CONCLUSION The results support the need to consider the significance of sociocultural aspects such as family obligations and the desirability bias in the design and implementation of interventions for caregivers, especially for daughters. Considering that the variables that contribute to explaining caregivers' distress vary depending on the relationship with the person cared for, individualized interventions may be warranted depending on the kinship group.
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- Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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Santana A, Williams CD, Umaña-Taylor AJ, Jahromi LB, Updegraff KA, Corona R, León-Pérez G. A longitudinal test of Mexican-origin teen mothers' cultural characteristics and children's Spanish vocabulary via mothers' Spanish language use. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 2023:2023-84034-001. [PMID: 37347891 PMCID: PMC10739566 DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The present study examined whether teen mothers' adaptive cultural characteristics (i.e., familism values, language competency pressures, and involvement in Mexican culture and U.S. mainstream culture) when children were 3 years old (i.e., Wave 4; W4) informed mothers' Spanish language use with their children when children were 4 years old (W5) and, in turn, children's subsequent Spanish receptive vocabulary when children were 5 years old (W6). METHOD The present study included 204 Mexican-origin children (58% male) and their mothers who entered parenthood during adolescence (M = 16.24, SD = .99 at W1). RESULTS Five mediational processes were significant, such that mothers' higher familism values (i.e., emphasizing family support and obligations), Spanish competency pressure (i.e., stress associated with Spanish language competency), and involvement in U.S. mainstream culture at W4 were associated with mothers' lower Spanish language use with children at W5 and, in turn, children's lower levels of Spanish receptive vocabulary at W6. Mothers' greater involvement in Mexican culture and English competency pressure (i.e., stress associated with English language competency) at W4 were associated with mothers' greater Spanish language use with children at W5 and, in turn, children's greater Spanish receptive vocabulary at W6. Additionally, mothers' greater involvement in U.S. mainstream culture at W4 was directly associated with children's lower Spanish language abilities at W6. CONCLUSIONS Findings highlight the importance of the family context in Mexican-origin children's Spanish language skills over time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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Hooker ED, Corona K, Guardino CM, Schetter CD, Campos B. What predicts interdependence with family? The relative contributions of ethnicity/race and social class. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 2023:2023-76849-001. [PMID: 37261795 PMCID: PMC10786435 DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Interdependence with family is considered a core element of collectivistic cultures, and it is routinely endorsed by people of ethnic/racial minority backgrounds in the United States. In contrast, a preference for independence from family is characteristic of individualistic cultures, and of European Americans, who are considered prototypical of cultural individualism. Scholars have also theorized that socioeconomic factors play a role in shaping these patterns. We hypothesized and tested the possibility of a more nuanced and interactive pattern. Drawing from long-standing research on U.S. ethnic-minority cultures and recent research on social class, we expected that lower income would be least associated with family interdependence in foreign-born Latino/a Americans and most strongly associated with higher family interdependence in European Americans. METHOD AND RESULTS In a prospective community study of a diverse sample of U.S. adults (N = 2,466), income interacted with ethnic/racial group to predict interdependence with family. In line with our predictions, income was not associated with family interdependence for foreign-born Latino/a Americans or African Americans, but lower income was significantly associated with higher interdependence with family in European Americans and, to a lesser extent, in U.S.-born Latino/a Americans. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide novel evidence for the relevance of both ethnicity/race and social class-two aspects of culture-for family interdependence. They highlight the centrality of interdependence with family among foreign-born Latino/a Americans while showing that European Americans, a group considered most representative of cultural individualism, can also highly value interdependence with family. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Emily D. Hooker
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California
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- Department of Chicano/Latino Studies and Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine
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Curci SG, Hernández JC, Winstone LK, Perez M, Luecken LJ. Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms Among Mexican American Women: Exploring Multilevel Sociocultural Moderators. Clin Psychol Sci 2023; 11:444-457. [PMID: 37465841 PMCID: PMC10353733 DOI: 10.1177/21677026221129628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Relative to empirical studies on risk factors, less research has focused on culturally based protective factors that reduce the impact of discrimination on mental health. The current prospective study evaluated two potential moderators of the effect of discrimination on depressive symptoms among Mexican American women: individually held familism values and neighborhood cultural cohesion. Mexican-origin women in the United States (N = 322; mean age = 27.8 years; 86% born in Mexico) reported on frequency of discrimination, depressive symptoms, familism, and neighborhood cultural cohesion. Independent models evaluated familism and neighborhood cultural cohesion as moderators of the effect of discrimination on subsequent depressive symptoms. More frequent discrimination predicted higher subsequent depressive symptoms. High familism buffered the harmful effect of discrimination on depressive symptoms, such that more frequent discrimination was associated with higher subsequent depressive symptoms only for women who reported average and low familism. Neighborhood cultural cohesion did not buffer the effect of discrimination on depressive symptoms.
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Lamar M, Glover CM, Capuano AW, Wilson RS, Fleischman DA, Bennett DA, Marquez DX. Stability and change in acculturation-related characteristics in older Latinos: Implications for culturally compatible ADRD research. Alzheimers Dement (N Y) 2023; 9:e12380. [PMID: 37051589 PMCID: PMC10083703 DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Introduction Acculturation-related characteristics, that is, factors directly connected to culture and familial relationships, are associated with engaged research participation within Latino communities. Despite this, little empirical data exists on whether acculturation changes over time in older Latinos, which has potential implications for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) research study design including longer duration clinical trial implementation. Methods Self-identified Latinos (n = 222; mean age = 71, 76% female) participating in one of three ongoing longitudinal community-based cohort studies of aging who reported their nativity outside of the United States/District of Columbia (US/DC) contributed, on average, 4.0 ± 1.2 years of annually collected data. This included acculturation-related characteristics of total, language-, and social-based scores from the Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (SASH) and total and domain-specific scores from an abbreviated Sabogal Familism questionnaire. We used ordinal mixed effects models and linear mixed effects models (as appropriate) to assess change in acculturation metrics after adjusting for age, sex, education, income, and duration of time in the US/DC. Results Although none of the SASH metrics changed over time (P-values ≥ 0.25), all Familism metrics declined over time (P-values ≤ 0.044). Additionally, select participant-based characteristics including years of education were significantly (and differentially) associated with level of, but not change in, acculturation-related outcomes. Discussion Results suggest that specific acculturation-related factors (i.e., familism) change over time in older Latinos, and participant-based characteristics associated with baseline levels of (but not change in) acculturation more generally. Thus, acculturation-related characteristics are not all static, trait-like qualities but rather a multi-faceted, and at times evolving, construct. Considering this dynamic phenotyping is important when contextualizing older Latinos' lived experience, and when designing, adapting, and conducting ADRD clinical trials and other health-related interventions.
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- Melissa Lamar
- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Kinesiology and NutritionUniversity of Illinois ChicagoChicagoIllinoisUSA
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Kho C, White RMB, Knight GP, Zhao C, Roche KM. Parental Warmth and Developmental Change in Familism Values: Latinx Adolescents in an Emerging Immigrant Community. J Res Adolesc 2023; 33:202-215. [PMID: 36052477 PMCID: PMC10395587 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study examined the developmental changes of familism values across adolescence among Latinx adolescents from an emerging immigrant community, and how changes in parental warmth were associated with changes in familism values. The sample included 547 Latinx adolescents. Multilevel model results indicated that familism values showed a linear decline from 6th to 10th grade. Between-person analyses showed that parental warmth was related to the higher initial levels of familism values but unrelated to changes in familism values. At the within-person level, on the occasions when adolescents report higher parental warmth, they also report higher familism values. This work highlights the importance of parental warmth for socializing developmental changes in Latinx adolescents' familism values in an emerging immigrant community context.
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Mayorga-Muñoz C, Riquelme-Segura L, Delvecchio E, Lee-Maturana S. Association between Familism and Mental Health in College Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:4149. [PMID: 36901159 PMCID: PMC10001446 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20054149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Familism, also known in the literature as allocentrism, is the cultural propensity of a society to place the family at the center of its value system. Adherence to this value has been related to less depressive symptomatology in young people; however, these results are not conclusive, since it has also been found that the influence of familism on depressive symptoms is more indirect than direct. This study aimed to explore the direct relationships between familism (allocentrism and idiocentrism) and mental health (depression, anxiety, and stress). Methodologically, the study had a non-experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational design. A sample of 451 Chilean university students responded to an instrument composed of the subscales allocentrism, idiocentrism, depression, anxiety, and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that family allocentrism was positively and significantly associated with depression (γ = 0.112, p < 0.05), anxiety (γ = 0.209, p < 0.001), and stress (γ = 0.212, p < 0.001), and family idiocentrism was negatively and significantly linked with depression (γ = -0.392, p < 0.001), anxiety (γ = -0.368, p < 0.001), and stress (γ = -0.408, p < 0.001). These findings contribute to supporting actions to reduce negative symptomatology and promote greater well-being in university students.
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- Cecilia Mayorga-Muñoz
- Departamento de Trabajo Social, Facultad de Educación, Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile
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- Departamento de Trabajo Social, Facultad de Educación, Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile
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- Department of Philosophy, Social and Human Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Escuela de Psicología y Filosofía, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile
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Sabina C, Marsical ES, Cuevas CA. Psychological Functioning Among Latino Victims of Teen Dating Violence: The Role of Relational and Collective Resources. J Interpers Violence 2022; 37:NP19781-NP19810. [PMID: 34558321 DOI: 10.1177/08862605211044097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This study examined whether the relationship between teen dating violence (DV) and psychological functioning (depression, anxiety, and hostility) varied as a function of relational and collective resources (social support, familism, and school connectedness) among Latino teen victims of DV. Data came from a subset of youth who experienced DV (n = 95) from the Dating Violence Among Latinos Adolescents Study, a national survey of Latino teens aged 12-18 years old. Multivariate regression models showed that school connectedness was associated with lower depression and anxiety for DV victims. Additionally, five interactions were significant across depression, anxiety, and hostility: Three following a pattern of protective-enhancing (DV × School connectedness for depression and anxiety; DV × Social support for anxiety) and two following a pattern of vulnerability-reactive (DV × Familism for anxiety and hostility). School connectedness is an important protective factor for Latino teen victims of DV and one that can inform intervention efforts. Latino victims of DV benefit from high levels of school connectedness and social support, especially when DV is high. At high levels of DV familism is associated with a worsening of mental health. It is important to understand the nuances of how these resources work at varying levels of DV for intervention and prevention purposes.
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Tian Z, Xiong C, Wang Y, Tao H, Zhou S, Yan J. Association between familism and mental health in dementia caregivers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychogeriatrics 2022; 22:469-477. [PMID: 35636744 DOI: 10.1111/psyg.12843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dementia caregivers suffer from mental health problems while caring for dementia patients. As a core value, familism has been linked to the mental health of dementia caregivers. This study aims to systematically review the familism of dementia caregivers and to examine the association between familism and mental health of anxiety, depression, and burden in empirical research studies. METHODS We conducted a systematic search in various databases like Medline, PubMed, and Embase databases from inception till April 2021. Fisher's z was calculated with correlation coefficient or regression coefficient values for three familism dimensions and mental health of anxiety, depression, and burden. All statistical analyses were performed using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) version 2.0 software. RESULTS A total of seven studies with 1178 participants were eligible for the meta-analysis. For caregivers' anxiety, three of seven studies, with 358 participants, were examined in terms of the average corrected correlation coefficient across the studies. It was found that dementia caregivers' familism was significantly related to anxiety. The pooled z-value was 0.148 (95% CI = 0.043-0.253). In addition, caregivers' familism significantly affected depression (z = 0.080; 95% CI = 0.003-0.156), as did familial obligation (z = 0.122; 95% CI = 0.034-0.211), but perceived family support was not associated with this (z = 0.051, 95% CI = -0.038-0.140). As for caregiver burden, there was no evidence that familism was significantly associated with it (z = -0.073; 95% CI = -0.297 to 0.151), including familial obligation and perceived family support (z = -0.087 and -0.089, respectively; 95% CI = -0.278 to 0.104 and -0.335 to 0.157, respectively). CONCLUSIONS An association between caregiver familism and anxiety/depression exists in dementia patients. More research is needed to explore the relationship between familism and burden.
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- Zhiwu Tian
- Blood Purification Centre, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Blood Purification Centre, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of Nephrology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- School of Nursing, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Martin AM, Marin DG, McIntyre LL, Neece C. Familism and Parenting Stress in Latinx Caregivers of Young Children with Developmental Delays. Fam J Alex Va 2022; 30:411-418. [PMID: 38645896 PMCID: PMC11031259 DOI: 10.1177/10664807211052480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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Several studies have documented the difficult experience of raising a child with a developmental delay (DD; DeGrace et al., 2014) but the majority of research has focused on non-Latinx White families and their experiences in childrearing and interacting with service providers (Hayes & Watson, 2013; Blanche et al., 2015). Additionally, stigma associated with mental illness and DD disproportionally affects Latinx communities (Burke et al., 2019). Familism plays a unique role among families of Latinx backgrounds (Moore, 1970; Coohey, 2001) and may act as a buffer to caregiver mental health. The current study aims to (1) determine the association between affiliate stigma and parenting stress among Latinx parents of young children with DD and (2) test whether familism moderates the relationship between affiliate stigma and parenting stress. Results revealed that the relationship between affiliate stigma and parenting stress was strongest in caregivers who reported low levels of familism, suggesting that familism may act as a buffer. More research is needed to further unpack the protective factors of familism on caregiver mental health.
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- Ann Marie Martin
- Department of Psychology, Loma Linda University and Graduate School of Education, University of California, Riverside
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- Department of Psychology, Loma Linda University and Graduate School of Education, University of California, Riverside
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- Department of Psychology, Loma Linda University and Graduate School of Education, University of California, Riverside
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- Department of Psychology, Loma Linda University and Graduate School of Education, University of California, Riverside
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Leal D, Gato J, Coimbra S, Tasker F, Tornello S. The Prospective Co-Parenting Relationship Scale (PCRS) for Sexual Minority and Heterosexual People: Preliminary Validation. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:ijerph19106345. [PMID: 35627882 PMCID: PMC9141784 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19106345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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The coparenting relationship begins with a process of planning and negotiation about having children. Available psychological instruments have not been adapted to sexual minority people, which compromises their ecological validity. This mixed method study aimed to adapt and validate a prospective version of the Co-Parenting Relationship Scale in a Portuguese sample of sexual minority and heterosexual adults who did not have children and who were in a dyadic relationship. In study 1, cognitive interviews were used to gather participants’ reflections about the original items and the role played by the family of origin and anticipated stigma in coparenting (n = 6). In study 2, using a sample of individuals from 18 to 45 years old, two Exploratory Factor Analyses (EFA) were conducted separately for sexual minority (n = 167) and heterosexual persons (n = 198), and a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted for heterosexual persons (n = 176). Results showed underscored the importance of families of origin independent of sexual orientation. Different factorial structures for sexual minority and heterosexual persons were observed. Among sexual minority persons, the role of stigma was also highlighted. Implications for practice and research are discussed.
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- Daniela Leal
- Center for Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal; (J.G.); (S.C.)
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- Center for Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal; (J.G.); (S.C.)
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- Center for Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal; (J.G.); (S.C.)
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- Birkbeck University of London, London WC1E 7HX, UK;
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Guerra S, James T, Rapaport P, Livingston G. Experience of UK Latin Americans caring for a relative living with dementia: A qualitative study of family carers. Dementia (London) 2022; 21:1574-1595. [PMID: 35437051 DOI: 10.1177/14713012221076954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Most studies of the Latin American immigrant experience and care for relatives living with dementia have been in the United States (US). In the United Kingdom (UK), unlike the US, most Latin Americans are first generation immigrants and are a rapidly increasing population. Therefore, we aimed to explore the UK experiences of Latin Americans caring for a relative with dementia. METHODS We purposively recruited UK-based Latin American family carers of people with dementia ensuring maximum diversity. We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews (in English or Spanish) with 11 family carers, stopping recruiting when we reached thematic saturation. We took an inductive thematic analytic approach. FINDINGS Four main themes were identified: (1) Family comes first, particularly older people, leading to an obligation to care; (2) dementia as an illness that is accepted and talked about, which is regarded as positive with close networks but not wider society; (3) difficult behaviours are not the responsibility of the person with dementia, who is often conceptualised as a child; and (4) caring expectations lead to incompatibility with formal services, and a reluctance to leave people with dementia alone. CONCLUSIONS Familial obligation is the driver for family carers and acceptance of the illness helped despite adversities. Openness to talk about dementia with close networks was distinctive and helpful, contrasting with wider society, where greater awareness of dementia is needed. Considering the person with dementia as a child did not seem to undermine personhood and enabled maintenance of compassion. The relative with dementia was a priority. There was a lack of culturally and linguistically appropriate services, thus restricting family carers' ability to fulfil other roles, such as parental.
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- Stefanny Guerra
- Division of Psychiatry, 4919University College of London, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, 4919University College of London, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, 4919University College of London, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, 4919University College of London, London, UK
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Losada-Baltar A, Vara-García C, Pedroso-Chaparro MDS, Cabrera I, Jiménez-Gonzalo L, Fernandes-Pires J, Huertas-Domingo C, Barrera-Caballero S, Gallego-Alberto L, Romero-Moreno R, Márquez-González M. Family caregivers of people with dementia in the context of the sociocultural stress and coping model: An examination of gender differences. J Women Aging 2022:1-15. [PMID: 35343403 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2022.2052705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The study assessed gender differences in the associations between familism dimensions, dysfunctional thoughts, and resource and outcome variables in 190 Spanish dementia family caregivers. A theoretical model was tested through path analysis, obtaining an excellent fit of the model to the data. Higher scores in the familial obligations dimension were associated with lower self-efficacy for self-care and obtaining respite and leisure frequency, and higher anxious and depressive feelings, in female caregivers only. Significant between-gender differences were obtained, suggesting that female caregivers holding strong familistic values are more vulnerable to the negative consequences of caregiving compared to male caregivers.
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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Koukouli S, Kalaitzaki AE, Panagiotakis S, Markakis G, Werner P, Tziraki C. Factors associated with the perception of services by dementia informal caregivers in Greece: the role of familism. Aging Ment Health 2022; 26:305-313. [PMID: 33345603 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2020.1857694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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AIM To investigate perceptions of informal caregivers of community-dwelling persons with dementia (PwD) regarding health and social care services and their correlates using the Behavioral Model of Healthcare Utilization as the theoretical framework. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study using a purposive sampling technique to identify, through community-based health and social care services, caregivers of PwD. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 118 informal caregivers (78.8% female, mean age = 58.9 years) via a structured questionnaire. RESULTS Three 'Perceptions of Services' subscales were identified: 'Availability and Adequacy of Services' (AAS), 'Physicians' Competence' (COMP), and 'Professionals' Behavior' (PB). Predisposing factors (gender, employment, familism) and enabling/impeding factors (caregiving impedes work, quality of life aspects - environment and social relationships, information about dementia) were significant correlates of the AAS and COMP subscales. Familism was negatively associated with the AAS subscale. PwD's perceived declined physical and behavioral functioning was related to worse perceptions regarding professionals' behavior (PB) toward the PwD. CONCLUSION Understanding the factors associated with caregivers' perceptions of health and social care community services may guide the development of interventions that facilitate the appropriate use of those services, provide increased support to PwD and their caregivers, and delay potential institutionalization.
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- Sofia Koukouli
- Department of Social Work & Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Enhancement of Quality of Life, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Social Work & Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Enhancement of Quality of Life, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Crete, Greece
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- Internal Medicine Department, Geriatric Clinic, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Research and Evaluation Department, Community Elders Club Melabev, Jerusalem, Israel
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Chuang DM, Newman PA, Fang L, Lai MC. Familism and HIV Risk Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Taiwan: The Mediating Roles of Stressful Life Events and Coping Strategies. AIDS Educ Prev 2022; 34:1-S2. [PMID: 35192392 DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2022.34.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Familism may play an important role in HIV risk behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM) living in a collectivist culture. This study examined a hypothesized path from familism, stressful life events (i.e., adverse childhood experiences, intimate partner violence, and sexuality-related discriminatory experiences), and coping strategies to condomless anal sex (CAS) among Taiwanese MSM. Participants were 1,000 MSM (mean age = 28.5 years) recruited through five community-based organizations. Structural equation modeling using bootstrapping with 3,000 iterations evaluated the mediating effects of 14 coping strategies. We found a pathway from familism to CAS through stressful life events and substance use coping. The protective effects of familism on stressful life events and CAS suggest that integrating components of family support and family connection into HIV prevention and education programs may increase the effectiveness of these programs in reducing HIV risk behaviors and dysfunctional coping strategies among MSM in Taiwan.
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- Deng-Min Chuang
- Assistant Professor at the Graduate Institute of Social Work, National Taiwan Normal University
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Ziółkowska B, Ocalewski J, Da̧browska A. The Associations Between the Anorexic Readiness Syndrome, Familism, and Body Image Among Physically Active Girls. Front Psychiatry 2022; 12:765276. [PMID: 35058814 PMCID: PMC8764382 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.765276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Introduction: Anorexic Readiness Syndrome (ARS) is a construct of prophylactic importance, useful in the selection of people showing a tendency to use restrictive diets and increased concentration on the body. The aim of the research was to verify the significance of the type of physical activity, body perception and familism for the development of ARS. Material and Method: The research was carried out in the first half of 2021on a sample of 163 girls. It consisted of: (1) physically inactive girls (n = 48), (2) physically active girls in disciplines other than aesthetic (n = 69), (3) girls engaged in aesthetic physical activity (n = 46). The study used: Anorexic Readiness Syndrome Questionnaire (ARS-12), Familism Scale (FS) and Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire (BIAQ). Results: The highest average ARS score was recorded in the group of girls engaged in aesthetic activity. A significant difference in the severity of ARS occurs between people who do not engage in activity and those who practice aesthetic activity. The severity of ARS rises as the difference between real and ideal body weight increases. People active in aesthetic disciplines who obtained a high score on the Respect scale (FS subscale) have a lower ARS score than those physically active in other disciplines who obtained low scores on the Respect scale. The higher the score on the Material success and achievement scale (FS), the greater the ARS intensity in all subgroups. What is much more important in shaping ARS is the perception of your body. The focus on eating and body weight and Clothing and appearance (BIAQ subscales) are relevant to the ARS and moderate the relationship between Material success (FS subscale) and anorexic readiness. Conclusions: People engaging in aesthetic physical activity are more likely to suffer from ARS. The family can certainly prevent a child from developing anorexic readiness by shaping a sense of community and family identity, a clear division of roles, limiting the importance of materialism and competition in raising children. The prevention of ARS and eating disorders should also focus on strengthening the realistic assessment of body parameters and their acceptance, as well as promoting strategies for healthy weight control.
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- Beata Ziółkowska
- Faculty of Psychology at the Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Zhu X, Tian G, Yin H, He W. Is Familism a Motivator or Stressor? Relationships Between Confucian Familism, Emotional Labor, Work-Family Conflict, and Emotional Exhaustion Among Chinese Teachers. Front Psychol 2021; 12:766047. [PMID: 34925166 PMCID: PMC8674570 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.766047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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To reveal the cultural effect in the job demands-resources model, this study examined how Confucian familism, emotional labor, and work-family conflict (WFC) explain the variance in teachers’ emotional exhaustion, with a focus on the mediating roles of emotional labor and WFC. With a sample of 3,312 teachers in China, the results of this study revealed that surface acting and expression of naturally felt emotion (ENFE) and WFC mediated the relationship between familism and emotional exhaustion. Moreover, familism positively predicted deep acting, ENFE, WFC, and emotional exhaustion, while negatively predicted surface acting. These findings suggest that Confucian familism may play the dual role of motivator and stressor for Chinese teachers’ emotional labor and well-being. This study contributes to the job demands-resources theory by revealing the important role of cultural traditions and provides valuable information for interventions to sustain teacher well-being.
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- Xiaoshuang Zhu
- College of Teacher Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Teacher Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- College of Teacher Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Choi Y, Kim TY, Lee JP, Tan KPH, Noh S, Takeuchi D. Upholding Familism Among Asian American Youth: Measures of Familism among Filipino and Korean American Youth. Adolesc Res Rev 2021; 6:437-455. [PMID: 34926785 PMCID: PMC8673742 DOI: 10.1007/s40894-020-00148-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Although it is one of the core cultural values of Asian American families and an influential determinant of youth development, familism remains under-studied among Asian Americans and, despite crucial within-group heterogeneity, lacks subgroup specificity. This study describes the ways in which two major Asian American subgroups of youth, i.e., Filipino Americans and Korean Americans, maintain traditional familism. Specifically, this study constructed six self-report subscales of familism utilizing underused and new survey items and tested their psychometric properties. Using data collected from Filipino American (n=150) and Korean American (n=188) adolescents living in a Midwest metropolitan area, the measures were examined for validity and reliability for each group and, when appropriate, for measurement invariance across the groups. The main findings are that the finalized scales demonstrated solid reliability and validity (e.g., content and construct) in each group and some invariance and that core traditions, in the form of familism values and behaviors, persevere among second-generation Asian Americans, although familism was more evident among Filipino American youth than in Korean American youth. In both groups, subdomains of familism were not as discrete as found among their parents, who were predominantly foreign-born first-generation immigrants. The finalized familism scales were associated differently with several correlates including acculturation variables and youth outcomes. The findings are discussed with a call for further empirical research of diverse ethnic groups and immigrant generations to more accurately account for how family process interacts with cultural origin and acculturation.
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- Yoonsun Choi
- School of Social Service Administration, University of
Chicago, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Social Welfare, Chungnam National University,
Daejun, South Korea
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- School of Social Service Administration, University of
Chicago, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto,
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- School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle,
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Main A, Kho C, Miramontes M, Wiebe DJ, Çakan N, Raymond JK. Parents' Empathic Accuracy: Associations With Type 1 Diabetes Management and Familism. J Pediatr Psychol 2021; 47:59-68. [PMID: 34333656 DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To (1) test associations between parents' empathic accuracy for their adolescents' positive and negative emotions and adolescents' physical and mental health (HbA1c, diabetes self-care, and depressive symptoms) in a predominantly Latinx sample of adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents, and (2) explore how familism values were associated with parent empathic accuracy and adolescent physical and mental health in this population. METHODS Parents and adolescents engaged in a discussion about a topic of frequent conflict related to the adolescents' diabetes management. Parents and adolescents subsequently completed a video recall task in which they rated their own and their partner's emotions once per minute; parents' empathic accuracy was calculated from an average discrepancy between parent and adolescent ratings of the adolescent's emotions. Adolescents reported on their depressive symptoms and both parents and adolescents reported on adolescents' diabetes self-care and their own familism values; HbA1c was obtained from medical records. RESULTS Results from structural equation modeling revealed that parents' empathic accuracy for adolescents' negative (but not positive) emotions was uniquely associated with adolescents' HbA1c, self-care, and depressive symptoms. There was limited evidence that familism was related to parent empathic accuracy or adolescent physical and mental health. CONCLUSIONS Promoting parents' empathic accuracy for adolescents' negative emotions in the context of type 1 diabetes management may have important implications for adolescents' mental and physical health.
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, USA.,University of Southern California, USA
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Huertas-Domingo C, Márquez-González M, Cabrera I, Barrera-Caballero S, Pedroso-Chaparro MDS, Romero-Moreno R, Losada-Baltar A. Sociocultural Influences on the Feeling of Loneliness of Family Caregivers of People with Dementia: The Role of Kinship. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18:4700. [PMID: 33925135 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18094700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The extent to which familism, dysfunctional thoughts, and coping variables contribute to explaining feelings of loneliness in caregivers, controlling for kinship, is analyzed. Participants were 273 family caregivers of people with dementia. Sociodemographic variables, familism, dysfunctional thoughts, coping strategies for requesting and receiving help, perceived social support, and leisure activities were assessed. The fit of a theoretical model for explaining the effect of cultural and psychological variables on feelings of loneliness in each kinship group was tested. No significant differences in the distribution of loneliness by kinship were found. Higher levels of familism are associated with more dysfunctional thoughts, that are linked to more maladaptive strategies for coping with caring (e.g., less social support and fewer leisure activities). This in turn is associated with higher scores in the feeling of loneliness. The model bore particular relevance to the group of daughters, husbands, and sons, yet not in the case of wives. Sociocultural and coping factors associated with the caring process seem to play an important role in explaining feelings of loneliness in caregivers. Sociocultural factors associated with the care process seem to play an important role in explaining feelings of loneliness in caregivers.
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Bedford O, Yeh KH. Evolution of the Conceptualization of Filial Piety in the Global Context: From Skin to Skeleton. Front Psychol 2021; 12:570547. [PMID: 33854455 PMCID: PMC8039149 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.570547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Social science researchers often define filial piety as a set of norms, values, and practices regarding how children should behave toward their parents. In this article, we trace the conceptual development of filial piety research in Chinese and other societies to highlight the assumptions underlying this traditional approach to filial piety research. We identify the limitations of these assumptions, including the problem of an evolving definition and lack of cross-cultural applicability. We then advocate an alternative framework that overcomes these limitations by focusing on the deep structure of filial piety: the dual filial piety model (DFPM). The DFPM applies the concept of contextualized personality to reconceptualize filial piety in terms of authoritarian and reciprocal psychological motivations particular to the parent-child context. Because the focus is on a universal psychological mechanism rather than cultural norms, values, and behavior, the DFPM may be applied for investigation of filial piety at individual, social, and cultural levels within and across various societies. We discuss application of the DFPM in relation to existing filial piety and intergenerational relations research from several societies and conclude with a comparison to other recent proposals for measuring Chinese filial piety.
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- Olwen Bedford
- Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Arévalo Avalos MR, Ayers SL, Patrick DL, Jager J, Castro FG, Konopken YP, Olson ML, Keller CS, Soltero EG, Williams AN, Shaibi GQ. Familism, Self-Esteem, and Weight-Specific Quality of Life Among Latinx Adolescents With Obesity. J Pediatr Psychol 2021; 45:848-857. [PMID: 32632446 DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Obesity is a critical public health condition affecting Latinx adolescents and contributes to health disparities across the lifespan. Childhood and adolescent obesity is associated with reduced quality of life (QoL) and decreased self-esteem. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of cultural (e.g., familism) and psychosocial (e.g., self-esteem) factors as predictors of weight-specific QoL among Latinx adolescents with obesity. METHODS Baseline data from 160 Latinx adolescents (ages 14-16 years) with obesity (BMI > 95th percentile for age and sex) who were recruited for a diabetes prevention intervention were used. Structural equation modeling tested the relationships between four latent constructs (familism, positive self-esteem, self-deprecation, and weight-specific QoL). RESULTS The model tested paths from familism to positive self-esteem, self-deprecation, and weight-specific QoL, and paths from positive self-esteem and self-deprecation to weight-specific QoL. Higher familism was positively associated with positive self-esteem but not self-deprecation. In turn, positive self-esteem was positively associated with higher weight-specific QoL, whereas self-deprecation was negatively associated. Furthermore, there was an indirect effect of familism on QoL via positive self-esteem. CONCLUSIONS These data shed light into specific cultural and psychosocial constructs that influence QoL among Latinx adolescents with obesity. This study suggests that familism and positive self-esteem can operate as protective factors associated with higher weight-specific QoL in Latinx adolescents with obesity; whereas self-deprecation may operate as a risk factor for lower weight-specific QoL.
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- Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University
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- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University
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- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Arizona State University.,Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Phoenix Children's Hospital
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- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Arizona State University
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- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Arizona State University
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- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Arizona State University
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- Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University.,Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Arizona State University.,Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Phoenix Children's Hospital
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Aceves L, Griffin AM, Sulkowski ML, Martinez G, Knapp KS, Bámaca-Colbert MY, Cleveland HH. The Affective Lives of Doubled-Up Latinx Youth: Influences of School Experiences, Familism, and Ethnic Identity Exploration. Psychol Sch 2020; 57:1878-1895. [PMID: 33162615 PMCID: PMC7641337 DOI: 10.1002/pits.22391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Doubled-up Latinx youth experience many daily challenges associated with ethnic minority status and residential instability. Doubled-up youth share housing with non-custodial caregivers such as friends and/or extended family members primarily because of economic hardship and a breakdown in available parental support. Using data from baseline and 10 days of twice-a-day surveys, this study examined how in-school positive experiences, familism (i.e., a perspective that gives precedence to the family), and ethnic identity (i.e. affirmation, exploration, and resolution) influence after school positive (e.g. feeling joyful/happy) and negative (e.g., feeling stressed/anxious) affect among doubled up Latinx youth (70% female; M age = 16.5). Results indicate that in-school positive experiences were associated with more after school positive affect and less after school negative affect. Additionally, youth with higher levels of familism reported experiencing less after school negative affect. However, gender moderated the relation of ethnic identity exploration and experiences of after school positive affect. Specifically, females with higher levels of ethnic identity exploration reported relatively lower levels of after school positive affect compared to males. Overall, study findings highlight the importance of both person-level and varying contextual influences on the affective lives of doubled-up Latinx youth.
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Figueroa V, Tasker F. Familismo, Lesbophobia, and Religious Beliefs in the Life Course Narratives of Chilean Lesbian Mothers. Front Psychol 2020; 11:516471. [PMID: 33192762 PMCID: PMC7607001 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.516471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study aimed to explore the life course identity projects of Chilean lesbian mothers who conceived their children within the context of a previous heterosexual relationship. By exploring the case of Chile, this study examined the family lives of lesbian mothers within the context of a Latino heteronormative society with a Christian (mainly Catholic) heritage. Individual interviews were conducted with eight participants aged between 27 and 40 years old (mean age of 33 years) who were recruited through snowballing and social media. A Structural Narrative Analysis of participants’ stories was conducted within a Life Course Perspective theoretical framework. The study found that participants initially followed a heterosexual path to conform to their family of origin and social expectations. After building their own heterosexual family projects and having their children with a man, most participants felt pressured to continue within a heterosexual path and postponed their transition to a lesbian identity trajectory despite a growing feeling that a lesbian identity would be personally fullfilling. Although participants felt proud of their identities, they struggled to express their same-gender feelings because lesbians were often seen as inappropriate models for children within Chilean society. Crucially, lesbian mothers continued to be able to count upon support for their parenting from their own mother despite intense disapproval from their family of origin and often continued opposition from ex-husbands/partners. The findings of this study revealed the strong impact of familismo, lesbophobia and Christian religious beliefs on the life course experiences of Chilean lesbian mothers. Implications for therapy and counselling with lesbian mothers living in Latino countries are reviewed.
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- Victor Figueroa
- Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad UNIACC, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Losada A, Márquez-González M, Vara-García C, Barrera-Caballero S, Cabrera I, Gallego-Alberto L, Olmos R, Romero-Moreno R. Measuring familism in dementia family caregivers: the revised familism scale. Aging Ment Health 2020; 24:784-788. [PMID: 30621433 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2018.1562537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Objectives: Familism is a cultural value that has been shown to be important for understanding the dementia caregiving process. The aim of this study is to analyze the psychometric properties of the Revised Familism Scale (RFS).Method: Face-to-face assessments were done with 199 dementia family caregivers. Exploratory factor analysis, discriminant validity, and reliability analyses of the RFS were carried out.Results: The results suggest that the RFS has good psychometric properties and is composed of three factors: "Familial interconnectedness", "Familial obligations", and "Extended family support".Conclusion: The RFS seems to be a reliable measure of familism, a multidimensional construct measuring a relevant cultural value for dementia family caregivers.
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- Andrés Losada
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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Zapata Roblyer MI, Betancourth Zambrano S. Crime Victimization and Suicidal Ideation Among Colombian College Students: The Role of Depressive Symptoms, Familism, and Social Support. J Interpers Violence 2020; 35:1367-1388. [PMID: 29294673 DOI: 10.1177/0886260517696856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Crime victimization is one of the most pressing public health concerns in Latin America. Young people in the region are at particularly high risk of victimization. The present study examined exposure to crime victimization as a risk factor for depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation, and the protective effects of familism and social support in a community sample of Colombian college students. Data (N = 424) came from the Juventud Project (The Emergent Adults Project), a cross-sectional study of college students, 18 to 29 years old (M = 20.8, SD = 2.5; 63% female; 75.5% lived with their families), attending an urban public university in Southern Colombia. Data were collected between March and June of 2014 through anonymous, self-administered surveys. Conditional process analysis was used to test a model in which crime victimization was directly and indirectly associated with suicidal ideation via depressive symptoms, with familism and social support as moderators of this association while controlling for gender, age, and socioeconomic status. Overall, 58.9% of participants reported at least one crime victimization event in the past year. The most common types of victimization were being robbed without the threat of harm (29.8%) and being robbed with a weapon (24.8%). Male participants reported more instances of crime victimization than female participants. Levels of depressive symptoms that could be clinically significant were reported by 30.2% of participants, and suicidal ideation was reported by 31% of participants. The association between crime victimization and suicidal ideation was fully mediated by depressive symptoms. Social support, but not familism, moderated this association; social support weakened the link between depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. Findings suggest that crime victimization may be a significant risk for depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among college students in Colombia, and that social support may protect from the harmful mental health effects of crime victimization.
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Shattuck EC, Perrotte JK, Daniels CL, Xu X, Sunil TS. The Contribution of Sociocultural Factors in Shaping Self-Reported Sickness Behavior. Front Behav Neurosci 2020; 14:4. [PMID: 32038193 PMCID: PMC6992553 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Sickness behavior is an evolutionarily conserved phenomenon found across a diverse range of animals involving a change in motivational priorities to theoretically maximize energetic investment in immune function and recovery. Typical components of sickness behavior include reduced sociability and activity, changes in diet, and depressed affect. Importantly, however, sickness behavior appears to be subject to other demands of life history in animal models, including reproduction and offspring survival. Thus, "feeling sick" is often context dependent with possible effects on morbidity and mortality. While humans may not always face the same life history trade-offs, sociocultural norms and values may similarly shape sickness behavior by establishing internalized parameters for "socially appropriate sickness." We explore the role of these factors in shaping sickness behavior by surveying a national U.S. sample (n = 1,259). Self-reported and recalled sickness behavior was measured using the SicknessQ instrument, which has previously been validated against experimentally induced sickness behavior. After post-stratification weighting and correction for Type I error, generalized linear models showed that sickness behavior is significantly affected by various factors across sex and racial/ethnic groupings. Income below the national mean (b = 1.85, adj. p = 0.025), stoic endurance of pain and discomfort (b = 1.61, adj. p < 0.001), and depressive symptomology (b = 0.53, adj. p < 0.001) were each associated with greater sickness behavior scores. Familism (b = 1.59, adj. p = 0.008) was positively associated with sickness behavior in men, but not women. Endurance of pain and discomfort was associated with greater sickness behavior in Whites only (b = 1.94, adj. p = 0.002), while familism approached significance in African Americans only (b = 1.86, adj. p = 0.057). These findings may reflect different social contexts of sickness across demographic groups, which may in turn have important implications for pathogen transmission and recovery times, potentially contributing to health disparities.
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- Eric C. Shattuck
- Institute for Health Disparities Research, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, United States
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- Department of Sociology, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Department of Sociology, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
- School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute for Health Disparities Research, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
- Department of Sociology, College of Liberal and Fine Arts, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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Hammami MM, Hammami MB, Aboushaar R. Modeling Lay People's Ethical Attitudes to Organ Donation: A Q-Methodology Study. Patient Prefer Adherence 2020; 14:173-189. [PMID: 32099336 PMCID: PMC6996217 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s230286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Organ donation is commonly evaluated by biomedical ethicists based largely on principlism with autonomy at the top of the "moral mountain." Lay people may differ in the way they invoke and balance the various ethical interests. We explored lay people's ethical attitudes to organ donation. METHODS Respondents (n=196) ranked 42 opinion-statements on organ donation according to a 9-category symmetrical distribution. Statements' scores were analyzed by averaging-analysis and Q-methodology. RESULTS Respondents' mean (SD) age was 34.5 (10.6) years, 53% were women, 69% Muslims (30% Christians), 29% Saudis (26% Filipinos), and 38% healthcare-related. The most-agreeable statements were "Acceptable if benefit to recipient large," "Explicit donor consent and family approval for live donation," "Acceptable if directed to family member," and "Explicit donor consent and family approval for postmortem donation." The most-disagreeable statements were "Donor consent and family approval not required for postmortem donation," "Acceptable with purely materialistic motivation," and "Only donor no-known objection for postmortem donation." Women, Christians, and healthcare respondents gave higher rank to "Explicit donor consent and family approval for live donation," "Only donor family consent required for postmortem donation," and "Acceptable if organ distribution equitable," respectively, and Muslims gave more weight to donor/family harm (p ≤0.001). Q-methodology identified various ethical resolution models that were associated with religious affiliation and included relatively "motives-concerned," "family-benefit-concerned," "familism-oriented," and "religious or non-religious altruism-concerned" models. Of 23 neutral statements on averaging-analysis, 48% and 65% received extreme ranks in ≥1 women and men Q-methodology models, respectively. CONCLUSION 1) On average, recipient benefit, requirement of both explicit donor consent and family approval, donor-recipient relationship, and motives were predominant considerations; 2) ranking of some statements was associated with respondents' demographics; 3) Q-methodology identified various ethical resolution models that were partially masked by averaging-analysis; and 4) strong virtue and familism approaches in our respondents provide some empirical evidence against principlism adequacy.
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- Muhammad M Hammami
- Clinical Studies and Empirical Ethics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Alfaisal University College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: Muhammad M Hammami Clinical Studies and Empirical Ethics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, P O Box # 3354 (MBC 03), Riyadh11211, Saudi ArabiaTel +966-11-442-4527Fax +966-11-442-7894 Email
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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It is well known that Hispanic immigrants exhibit better physical and mental health than their U.S.-born counterparts. Scholars theorize that stronger orientations toward the family, also known as familism, could contribute to this immigrant advantage. Yet, little work directly tests whether familial attitudes may be responsible for the favorable health of foreign-born Hispanics. We investigate this possibility using biomarkers, anthropometrics, and mental health assessments from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (N = 4,078). Results demonstrate that the relationship between familial attitudes and health vary depending on the outcome assessed. While Hispanics with strong attitudes toward familial support have fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety, those who report high referent familism display worse mental health outcomes. We find little evidence that familism is linked to physical health or that immigrant generation moderates the relationship of interest. Our results challenge assumptions that familism is responsible for the comparably better health of foreign-born Hispanics.
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Ramme J. Exclusion Through Inclusion. Struggles Over the Scalar Regimes of Belonging Europe and the Family at the 1995 Fourth UN World Conference on Women and the Agency of (Polish) Women. Front Sociol 2019; 4:55. [PMID: 33869378 PMCID: PMC8022785 DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2019.00055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Gender regimes of belonging are contextually variable and closely linked to other regimes of belonging, such as the family, the nation, or, the region. In the case of Poland, this contextuality and interdependence becomes apparent when analyzing struggles between feminist and Catholic anti-choice environments. While the first group opts for gender democracy, the other favors a familistic social order. In the mid-90s, the struggle over "Polish" gender regimes took an international dimension and was played out as well at the international fora of the UN. When women's rights actors from Poland appeared at the 4th World Conference on Women held by the UN in China in 1995, they experienced being positioned within a pre-structured spatial order and learned that this positioning and the synthesis within scalar regimes of belonging, such as the scale of family but also that of region, have a major impact on their political agency. The spatial order of the UN is a field of conflict, as certain positioning within regimes of belonging might limit political agency and therefore constrain the making of claims. NGOs struggle to get representation and definitional power over space and collective identity categories, but they also put effort into changing the very composition and hierarchies within identity regimes. Toward this end, they form coalitions and networks and perform group identities and may even act in opposition to institutionalized regimes of belonging. The use of concepts such as belonging and scale allows us to avoid the analytical limits that are linked to the theoretical frameworks of recognition and identity politics. This article explores the strategies of scalar politics of belonging applied by NGOs, which also lead to the establishment of bodies representing women from the post-socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, such as the Karat Coalition, but it also draws attention to the political effects of scaling belonging through the "family" or "Europe." Today, the question as to what shape gender regimes of belonging should take is still an important site of struggle.
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- Jennifer Ramme
- Polish-German Cultural-and Literary Relations and Gender Studies, Faculty of Cultural and Social Science, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt, Germany
- The Viadrina Institut für European Studies, Frankfurt, Germany
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Corona K, Campos B, Rook KS, Biegler K, Sorkin DH. Do cultural values have a role in health equity? A study of Latina mothers and daughters. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 2019; 25:65-72. [PMID: 30714768 PMCID: PMC6499474 DOI: 10.1037/cdp0000262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Recently, there has been a call to better understand Latino health and arrive at effective approaches for achieving health equity via research focusing on the association between cultural factors and health. This study examined whether familism, a cultural value that emphasizes warm and close family relationships, would attenuate the negative effects that perceived stress, a psychological process that can worsen health, can have on two physical health indicators- number of health conditions and bodily pain. METHOD Latina mothers (n = 85, Mage = 52.68, SD = 6.60) with Type 2 diabetes and their daughters (n = 86, Mage = 27.69, SD = 7.61) whose weight put them at risk for also developing the condition were recruited to take part in a larger intervention study aimed at improving weight loss/dietary intake. Participants completed measures of familism, perceived stress, health conditions, and bodily pain. RESULTS Results indicated that in the daughters, familism and perceived stress interacted to predict health conditions and bodily pain. As familism decreased, stress was associated with more health conditions and more bodily pain. These interactions were not significant for the mothers. CONCLUSIONS First, familism has the potential to buffer the negative effect of stress in ways that are protective for health among Latinas at risk for diabetes. Second, this buffering effect has boundary conditions, suggesting that a better understanding is needed of how, for whom, and under what circumstances familism can be beneficial for health. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine
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Garcia Diaz L, Savundranayagam MY, Kloseck M, Fitzsimmons D. The Role of Cultural and Family Values on Social Connectedness and Loneliness among Ethnic Minority Elders. Clin Gerontol 2019; 42:114-126. [PMID: 29206574 DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2017.1395377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Ethnic minority elders have high levels of social isolation and loneliness. Assumptions about the family providing enough social support exist in the literature, contradicting ethnic minority elders' reported levels of isolation and loneliness. While structural barriers influence feelings of isolation and loneliness, limited information exists about the role of cultural factors such as acculturation and family values. Accordingly, this study investigated the roles of acculturation and family values on loneliness and social isolation among ethnic minority elders. METHODS Ethnic minority elders (N = 123) completed a questionnaire that assessed their social connectedness, measured by social network and levels of loneliness, and structural factors such as income. Additionally, cultural and family values were assessed by acculturation and the 'family as referents' dimension of familism, which refers to the belief that family members' behaviour should meet with familial expectations. RESULTS Statistical analysis using hierarchical regression indicated that 'family as referents' and acculturation predicted loneliness, but not social network. CONCLUSIONS This study raises the importance of considering cultural values when investigating predictors of loneliness among ethnic minority elders. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS Findings highlight the importance of addressing familial expectations in programs aimed at alleviating loneliness among ethnic minority elders.
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- a Faculty of Health Sciences , Western University , London , Canada
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- b School of Nursing and Allied Health , Liverpool John Moores University , Liverpool , UK
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Costa PA, Salinas-Quiroz F. A Comparative Study of Attitudes Toward Same-Gender Parenting and Gay and Lesbian Rights in Portugal and in Mexico. J Homosex 2018; 66:1909-1926. [PMID: 30265830 DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2018.1519303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The belief that gay men and lesbians are unable to provide a stable environment in which to raise children fuels manifestations of sexual prejudice that are still highly prevalent in Portugal and Mexico. The aim of this study was to assess attitudes toward same-gender parenting and gay and lesbian rights, as well as beliefs about the controllability of homosexuality among a sample of 531 university students. A further aim was to assess the predictors of attitudes toward same-gender parenting. Results revealed the existence of ambivalent attitudes toward same-gender parenting. The belief that homosexuality is a choice and thus controllable in particular explained over 50% of the total variance of attitudes toward same-gender parenting. Being a man, older, and highly religious predicted higher levels of sexual prejudice regarding same-gender parenting. Comparative cross-cultural studies have the potential to highlight common features but also specificities of sexual prejudice.
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Wang C, Do KA, Bao L, Xia YR, Wu C. Parental Autonomy Granting and School Functioning among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Adolescents' Cultural Values. Front Psychol 2018; 8:2161. [PMID: 29326622 PMCID: PMC5733360 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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School adjustment and achievement are important indicators of adolescents' well-being; however, few studies have examined the risk and protective factors predicting students' school adjustment and achievement at the individual, familial, and cultural level. The present study examined the influences of individual and familial factors and cultural values on Chinese adolescents' school functioning (e.g., school adjustment and grades). It also tested whether cultural values moderated the relationship between parenting and adolescents' school functioning. Self-report data were collected from a stratified random sample of 2,864 adolescents (51.5% female, mean age = 15.52 years, grade 6th - 12th) from 55 classrooms, in 13 schools in Shanghai, China. Results showed that self-esteem (bse→adj = 0.05, SE = 0.01, p < 0.001; bse→grades = 0.08, SE = 0.02, p < 0.001), parent-adolescent conflict (bconflict→adj = -0.03, SE = 0.00, p < 0.001; bconflict→grades = -0.04, SE = 0.01, p < 0.001), and conformity to parental expectations (bconform→adj = -0.03, SE = 0.02, p < 0.05; bconform→grades = 0.10, SE = 0.04, p < 0.05) all had significant effects on both school adjustment and grades, respectively. More importantly, results showed that independent self-construal moderated the relationship between parental autonomy granting and adolescents' grades (bindepxautom = 0.06, SE = 0.02, p < 0.01). The findings suggest that cultural values may influence adolescents' appraisal of parental autonomy granting, which then impacts their school functioning.
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- Cixin Wang
- Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United States
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- Asian American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, United States
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- Institute of Youth and Juvenile Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA, United States
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Davis AN, Carlo G, Zamboanga BL, Kim SY, Schwartz SJ, Armenta B, Opal D, Streit C. The Roles of Familism and Emotion Reappraisal in the Relations Between Acculturative Stress and Prosocial Behaviors in Latino/a College Students. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 6:175-189. [PMID: 34337352 DOI: 10.1037/lat0000092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Researchers have demonstrated mixed associations between acculturative stress and prosocial behaviors (actions intended to benefit others) among Latino/a adolescents and emerging adults. The current study aimed to examine the relations between acculturative stress and Latino/a young adults' prosocial behaviors via familism values and emotion reappraisal. Participants were 1,527 Latino/a college students (M age = 20.35 years, SD = 3.88; 75.2% women) from universities across the United States. The results demonstrated direct and indirect links between acculturative stress and prosocial behaviors. Specifically, acculturative stress was positively related to familism values, which in turn were positively associated with multiple forms of prosocial behaviors. Additionally, emotion reappraisal was positively associated with specific forms of prosocial behaviors. There was also evidence that familism and emotion reappraisals moderated the associations between acculturative stress and specific forms of prosocial behaviors. Discussion focuses on the interplay of culture-related and emotion-regulation processes associated with Latino/a young adults' positive social outcomes.
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- Alexandra N Davis
- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri
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- Human Development and Family Science, University of Texas at Austin
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- Bureau of Sociological Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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- Bureau of Sociological Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri
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There is substantial evidence suggesting that Western and non-Western caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease have different caregiving experiences depending on the cultural values they adopt. Although family-centered constructs such as familism and filial piety have taken some attention, there is still a paucity of research on how cultural values and norms shape caregiving appraisals, coping strategies, and formal service use specifically in Eastern-oriented contexts. The aim of this study was to investigate Turkish adult children caregivers' perceptions of Alzheimer's disease and caregiving experience. Researchers conducted in-depth interviews with 20 primary caregivers and analyzed data with interpretative phenomenological analysis. First, most caregivers viewed family disharmony as the main cause of the disease. Second, although burden is evident in their accounts, caregivers reported positive changes during their caregiving experiences, as well. Third, caregivers employ religious/fatalistic coping and they benefit from social support during their caregiving experiences. Forth, most caregivers opposed to nursing home placement because they view it as a morally improper act; they are afraid of neighborhood pressure; they perceive caregiving as a child's responsibility; they do not want their children to do so; and they do not trust conditions of care facilities in Turkey. Findings indicated that Eastern norms and values might have differential impacts on Alzheimer's disease caregiving outcomes. Hence, we invite mental health professionals to integrate culturally sensitive aspects into the possible intervention programs targeting Alzheimer's disease caregivers from non-Western contexts.
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- Yagmur Ar
- Middle East Technical University, Turkey
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Familismo, or familism, an important Latino cultural construct associated with youth adjustment, describes the importance of family regarding support, comfort, and services. Increased research on familism among Latino families in the past decade has called for a theoretical process model of familism that can guide research on familism, family processes, and youth development. In this article, we propose the behavioral process model of familism (BPMF), which identifies proximal mechanisms through which familism is expected to promote youth psychological adjustment. Specifically, we propose that parenting behaviors (e.g., monitoring, discipline strategies) are a mechanism by which parent familism relates to youth familism and psychological adjustment both directly and via their familism-consistent behaviors. We hypothesize direct and mediated pathways in the BPMF and consider how sociodemographic variables modify the described processes.
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Valdivieso-Mora E, Peet CL, Garnier-Villarreal M, Salazar-Villanea M, Johnson DK. A Systematic Review of the Relationship between Familism and Mental Health Outcomes in Latino Population. Front Psychol 2016; 7:1632. [PMID: 27826269 PMCID: PMC5078495 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Background:Familismo or familism is a cultural value frequently seen in Hispanic cultures, in which a higher emphasis is placed on the family unit in terms of respect, support, obligation, and reference. Familism has been implicated as a protective factor against mental health problems and may foster the growth and development of children. This study aims at measuring the size of the relationship between familism and mental health outcomes of depression, suicide, substance abuse, internalizing, and externalizing behaviors. Methods: Thirty-nine studies were systematically reviewed to assess the relationship between familism and mental health outcomes. Data from the studies were comprised and organized into five categories: depression, suicide, internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, and substance use. The Cohen's d of each value (dependent variable in comparison to familism) was calculated. Results were weighted based on sample sizes (n) and total effect sizes were then calculated. It was hypothesized that there would be a large effect size in the relationship between familism and depression, suicide, internalizing, and externalizing symptoms and substance use in Hispanics. Results: The meta-analysis showed small effect sizes in the relationship between familism and depression, suicide and internalizing behaviors. And no significant effects for substance abuse and externalizing behaviors. Discussion: The small effects found in this study may be explained by the presence of moderator variables between familism and mental health outcomes (e.g., communication within the family). In addition, variability in the Latino samples and in the measurements used might explain the small and non-significant effects found.
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- Esmeralda Valdivieso-Mora
- Department of Psychology and Public Health, Universidad CentroamericanaAntiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador; Gerontology Center, University of KansasLawrence, KS, USA
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- Gerontology Center, University of Kansas Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Gerontology Center, University of KansasLawrence, KS, USA; Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kansas Medical CenterKansas City, MO, USA
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Delvecchio E, Di Riso D, Salcuni S. Self-Perception of Parental Role, Family Functioning, and Familistic Beliefs in Italian Parents: Early Evidence. Front Psychol 2016; 6:1983. [PMID: 26793134 PMCID: PMC4707285 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Recent research has explored the relationships between family and cultural issues, claiming attention on the need to consider and evaluate cultural values and beliefs as useful factors to promote positive family adjustment and parenting outcomes (Cardoso and Thompson, 2010; Taylor et al., 2012). This paper explored self-perception of parental role, family maladjustment and cultural beliefs in a sample of Italian parents. More specifically, 204 mother and 204 fathers of adolescents (13–17 years old) filled self-report questionnaires about family system maladjustment (Family Assessment Measure-III), self-perception of parental role (Self-Perception of Parental Role), parents’ beliefs and attitudes toward the family (Attitudinal Familism Scale), and parents’ cultural values (Cultural Values Survey). Results showed that parents have a similar self-perception of family functioning and they share common cultural beliefs and values toward the family. However, fathers felt more satisfied and involved in parenting then mothers and they were more able to balance the different roles of their life. Mothers and fathers showed a similar path of correlations, in which greater level of satisfaction in parenting and better ability in role balancing correlated with a more positive family adjustment. Moreover, a higher perception of family maladjustment was associated to lower levels of family cohesion and cooperation. Furthermore, higher levels of satisfaction were associated to higher scores in family solidarity, equality among sexes and equality in decision takers. These results introduce important implications for family studies in Italian culture, and open to comparison with parenting in other cultures.
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- Elisa Delvecchio
- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua Padua, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua Padua, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua Padua, Italy
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Long KA, Kao B, Plante W, Seifer R, Lobato D. Cultural and child-related predictors of distress among Latina caregivers of children with intellectual disabilities. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil 2015; 120:145-165. [PMID: 25715183 DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-120.2.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The objective of this article is to examine associations among socioeconomic, cultural, and child factors and maternal distress among families of children with intellectual disabilities (ID). Latino and nonLatino White (NLW) mothers of children with and without ID (N = 192) reported on familism, language acculturation, maternal distress, child adaptive functioning, and child behavior problems. Among mothers of children with ID, higher levels of child behavior problems mediated the association between Latina ethnicity and elevated maternal distress. Associations between child behavior problems and maternal distress in Latina mothers of children with ID were moderated by single-parent marital status, higher familism, and lower English usage. Thus, child and cultural factors contribute to elevated distress among Latina mothers of children with ID.
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Strunin L, Díaz-Martínez A, Díaz-Martínez LR, Kuranz S, Hernández–Ávila CA, García-Bernabé CC, Fernández-Varela H. Alcohol Use among Mexican Youths: Is Familismo Protective for Moderate Drinking? J Child Fam Stud 2015; 24:309-316. [PMID: 25642122 PMCID: PMC4308979 DOI: 10.1007/s10826-013-9837-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The construct of familismo has been identified as a potential protective cultural value in Hispanic cultures. This paper considers familismo and alcohol use among young people in Mexico. We conducted a qualitative study using ethnographic open ended interviews with 117 first year students at a large free public university in Mexico City between April-May 2011. The findings indicate that dimensions of familismo can act as protective factors against misuse of alcohol among Mexican youths and may be protective for moderate drinking. Future research should explore the relationship of familismo to gender roles and other cultural values during adolescence. Given the enduring influence of Mexican cultural values among Mexican Americans the research has implications for prevention programs for both Mexican and Mexican American youths.
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- Lee Strunin
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health Medical Campus, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Rm 452, Boston, MA 02118
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- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Alcohol Research Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- National Institute on Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñíz, Calzada México-Xochimilco no.101, Colonia San Lorenzo Huipulco, Delegacion Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Director General, General Medical Services, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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Bravo DY, Umaña-Taylor AJ, Guimond AB, Updegraff KA, Jahromi LB. Familism, family ethnic socialization, and Mexican-origin adolescent mothers' educational adjustment. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 2014; 20:389-400. [PMID: 25045950 PMCID: PMC5047055 DOI: 10.1037/a0036527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The current longitudinal study examined how familism values and family ethnic socialization impacted Mexican-origin adolescent mothers' (N = 205) educational adjustment (i.e., educational expectations, educational utility), and whether these associations were moderated by adolescent mothers' ethnic centrality. Findings indicated that adolescent mothers' reports of familism values and family ethnic socialization were positively associated with their beliefs about educational utility, but not educational expectations. Ethnic centrality moderated the association between adolescent mothers' familism values and educational utility, such that adolescent mothers' endorsement of familism values during pregnancy were associated with significant increases in educational utility after their transition to parenthood, but only when adolescents reported high levels of ethnic centrality. Moreover, ethnic centrality was positively associated with adolescent mothers' educational expectations. Results highlight the importance of familism, ethnic socialization, and ethnic centrality for promoting Mexican-origin adolescent mothers' educational outcomes. Findings are discussed with respect to understanding adolescent mothers' educational adjustment in the context of family and culture.
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- Diamond Y Bravo
- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University
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- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University
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- T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University
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Cohen SR, Holloway SD, Domínguez-Pareto I, Kuppermann M. Receiving or believing in family support? Contributors to the life quality of Latino and non-Latino families of children with intellectual disability. J Intellect Disabil Res 2014; 58:333-345. [PMID: 23323957 DOI: 10.1111/jir.12016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have identified the role of family support in mitigating the stress of parents caring for a child with intellectual disability. Less is known about families whose members are willing but unable to support each other because of geographical, structural and economic barriers. Our study examined the contribution to family quality of life (FQL) of family support beliefs, actual assistance from family members, as well as the moderating effects of ethnicity and household income. METHOD We conducted telephone interviews with 84 Latino and 61 non-Latino mothers. RESULTS Mothers who received more emotional support from partners and other family members reported a higher FQL, controlling for family characteristics. Familism beliefs were also associated with FQL, particularly for Latino mothers. Income was not a significant moderator. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that some predictors of FQL are partially moderated by ethnicity, while others may be powerful across diverse communities.
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- University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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Campos B, Ullman JB, Aguilera A, Dunkel Schetter C. Familism and psychological health: the intervening role of closeness and social support. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 2014; 20:191-201. [PMID: 24773004 PMCID: PMC4170713 DOI: 10.1037/a0034094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Familism, a cultural value that emphasizes warm, close, supportive family relationships and that family be prioritized over self, has been associated with psychological health. The goal of this work was to fill a gap in the literature on how familism contributes to psychological health. Drawing from conceptual links between familism and close relationship processes, we hypothesized that familism contributes to better psychological health by facilitating closeness and social support. A university sample of U.S. women and men of Latino (n = 173), European (n = 257), and Asian (n = 642) cultural backgrounds completed measures of familism, closeness to family members, general perceived social support, and psychological health as indexed by perceived stress, general mental health, and depressive symptoms. Structural equation multiple-group modeling analyses found direct effects of familism on closeness to family members and perceived social support and an indirect effect of familism on better psychological health via greater closeness to family members and greater perceived social support. These effects did not differ by cultural background. Consistent with previous research, however, Latinos reported the highest levels of familism of the three cultural groups, and women reported higher familism and support as well as poorer psychological health than men. Discussion is focused on the implications of these findings for understanding the association of familism with psychological health and the relevance of the familism construct for diverse U.S. groups.
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- Belinda Campos
- Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine
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- Department of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino
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- School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
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