ArticleCultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology2019
Depression among Mexican-origin mothers: Exploring the immigrant paradox.
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- Politics, Pandemics, and Trauma: Understanding and Addressing Latino Health Needs Through a Culturally-Informed Lens.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Associations between religiosity and perinatal anxiety symptoms among women of Mexican descent.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Article
- The Relationships between Loneliness, Social Support, and Resilience among Latinx Immigrants in the United States.Clinical social work journal · 2020Article
- Positive Influences of Social Support on Sense of Community, Life Satisfaction and the Health of Immigrants in Spain.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Maternal depression and acculturative stress impacts on Mexican-origin children through authoritarian parenting.Journal of applied developmental psychologyArticle
- Parent Nativity and Child Asthma Control in Families of Mexican Heritage: The Effects of Parent Depression and Social Support.Academic pediatricsArticle
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Abstract
objectivesResidential time in the United States appears to be a risk factor for mental health problems among Latinos, according to studies of the immigrant paradox, or a pattern of findings documenting better health for immigrants relative to U.S.-born Latinos. The present study used an acculturative stress model to examine the immigrant paradox with a sample of Mexican-origin mothers.
methodMothers [N = 175; age = 33.52 (10.75)], who were foreign- or U.S.-born, were categorized as more acculturated or less acculturated based on cluster analyses using demographic and language proficiency variables. The association between acculturative status and depressive symptoms approximately 9 months later was tested with two models: with both cultural stressors (i.e., perceived discrimination, acculturative stress) and cultural assets (i.e., familismo, ethnic identity) as mediators, and with the effects of cultural stressors moderated by cultural assets.
resultsData provide some support for the validity of the mediation model. Less acculturated mothers reported (a) a stronger ethnic identity, which appears to have protected them from later depression, and (b) stronger familismo, which increased risk for later depression. In addition, discrimination was negatively related to later depression.
conclusionsWe found support for the mediating role of cultural assets in the link between acculturation and depression, but some associations were in unexpected directions. These findings highlight the complexities of preserving core cultural characteristics among Mexican-origin mothers living in the United States, and the need to consider the context in which cultural processes unfold. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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