Acculturation and Depressive Symptoms Among Pregnant and Postpartum Latinas

Davila, Marivel; McFall, Stephanie L.; Cheng, Diana

doi:10.1007/s10995-008-0385-6

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“…We considered the following variables as additional covariates in our models: maternal age at delivery, maternal PPVT score (continuous), maternal education (≤ 6 th grade vs. ≥ 7 th grade), marital status at enrollment, and using the Centers of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) maternal depression (≥16 on CES-D) at the child’s 7-year visit (Davila et al, 2009). In addition, we considered covariates collected at each visit including housing density (number of persons per room), household poverty (<federal poverty level vs. ≥ federal poverty level) (Census, 2008), presence of father in the home (yes/no), maternal work status, location of neurodevelopmental assessment (field office or participant’s home), and season of assessment.…”

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Residential proximity to agricultural fumigant use and IQ, attention and hyperactivity in 7-year old children

Gunier

Bradman

Castorina

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Environmental Research

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Objectives Our objective was to examine the relationship between residential proximity to agricultural fumigant use and neurodevelopment in 7-year old children. Methods Participants were living in the agricultural Salinas Valley, California and enrolled in the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children Of Salinas (CHAMACOS) study. We administered the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (4th Edition) to assess cognition and the Behavioral Assessment System for Children (2nd Edition) to assess behavior. We estimated agricultural fumigant use within 3, 5 and 8 km of residences during pregnancy and from birth to age 7 using California’s Pesticide Use Report data. We evaluated the association between prenatal (n=285) and postnatal (n=255) residential proximity to agricultural use of methyl bromide, chloropicrin, metam sodium and 1,3-dichloropropene with neurodevelopment. Results We observed decreases of 2.6 points (95% Confidence Interval (CI): −5.2, 0.0) and 2.4 points (95% CI: −4.7, −0.2) in Full-Scale intelligence quotient for each ten-fold increase in methyl bromide and chloropicrin use within 8 km of the child’s residences from birth to 7-years of age, respectively. There were no associations between residential proximity to use of other fumigants and cognition or proximity to use of any fumigant and hyperactivity or attention problems. These findings should be explored in larger studies.

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Residential proximity to agricultural fumigant use and IQ, attention and hyperactivity in 7-year old children

Gunier

Bradman

Castorina

et al. 2017

Environmental Research

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“…However, the role of these processes in perinatal mental health is not clear. Acculturation has been the cultural process most addressed in maternal mental health in Latinas (Beck 2006; Campos, Schetter, Walsh, & Schenker, 2007; Davila, McFall, & Cheng, 2009; Heilemann, Frutos, Lee, & Kury, 2004; Ruiz et al, 2012). The underlying theoretical framework of acculturation suggests those who are acculturating bring cultural and psychological characteristics with them to the new host culture (Berry, 2003).…”

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“…Further, the affective perspective of acculturation involves the emotional aspects of the acculturation process and emphasizes emotional well-being (Acevedo, 2000) and may contribute to psychological symptoms in the perinatal period. Most studies have focused on the role of acculturation in perinatal depression (Davila et al, 2009; Heilemann et al, 2004; Ruiz et al, 2012) with mixed results (Beck, 2006; D'Anna-Hernandez, Aleman, & Flores, 2015). These inconsistencies may be due to the use of proxy measures for acculturation, including variables such as birthplace, years in the host country, or language (Ortega, Rosenheck, Alegria, & Desai, 2000; Ruiz et al, 2012).…”

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Acculturative stress is associated with trajectory of anxiety symptoms during pregnancy in Mexican-American women

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D’Anna-Hernandez

2017

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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Over half of pregnant women report anxiety symptoms and these symptoms may be precipitated by stressful experiences. Anxiety rates may be higher in Mexican-American women who experience socio-cultural stressors, such as acculturation, acculturative stress and discrimination. However, the role of such stressors on the trajectory of anxiety symptoms across pregnancy is not yet known. Mexican-American women (n = 151) completed surveys across pregnancy about acculturation, acculturative stress, perceived discrimination, and state anxiety. Multilevel modeling found that acculturation (Anglo orientation, b = 0.050, SE = 0.379, t (137.561) = 0.134, p = 0.894; Mexican orientation, b = 0.775, SE = 0.692, t (133.424) = 1.121, p = 0.264) and perceived discrimination (b = −1.259, SE = 0.921, t (137.489) = −1.367, p = 0.174) were not associated with the trajectory of anxiety symptoms. However, acculturative stress, even while controlling for perceived stress, was associated with high levels of anxiety symptoms that were elevated early in pregnancy (b = −0.045, SE = 0.022, t (135.749) = −2, p = 0.047). This work highlights the unique role of acculturative stress in risk for prenatal anxiety in early pregnancy.

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“…Some researchers use theories in the introduction section to guide their research but fail to discuss the results in light of the theory they used (i.e., Leidy, Parke, Cladis, Coltrane, & Duffy, 2009). Adversely, some researchers only mentioned the theory on their discussion section but not in their introduction section (i.e., Davila, McFall, & Cheng, 2009). In such cases, authors fail to use the theory to guide the study but discuss the results in light of the specific theory.…”

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The recent explicit use of theory in empirical studies on acculturation of children

Keskin

2013

Early Child Development and Care

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The purpose of this study was to examine empirical studies published on child acculturation in terms of use of theory. Based on a computerised database search, 31 empirical studies published in the last five years were found and examined. Findings of this study indicated that 74% of the empirical studies employed theory explicitly. Common theories utilised explicitly in the studies were Berry's and Szapocznik's acculturation theories. Concerns about authors' use of theory practices were addressed. Benefits of utilising theory explicitly were discussed and suggestions for future studies were made.

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Acculturation and Depressive Symptoms Among Pregnant and Postpartum Latinas

Cited by 67 publications

References 25 publications

Residential proximity to agricultural fumigant use and IQ, attention and hyperactivity in 7-year old children

Residential proximity to agricultural fumigant use and IQ, attention and hyperactivity in 7-year old children

Acculturative stress is associated with trajectory of anxiety symptoms during pregnancy in Mexican-American women

The recent explicit use of theory in empirical studies on acculturation of children

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