Excavating Culture: Disentangling Ethnic Differences From Contextual Influences in Parenting

Le, Huynh-Nhu; Ceballo, Rosario; Chao, Ruth K.; Hill, Nancy E.; Murry, Velma McBride; Pinderhughes, Ellen E.

doi:10.1080/10888690802387880

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“…Research has consistentiy found that parental monitoring is associated with an array of positive outcomes for youth irrespective of race/ethnicity and across low-and middle-income levels (Le et al, 2008). Among Latino families, beneficial associations between parental control/ monitoring and child outcomes have been found for substance use, deviant behavior, and academic aspirations (Halgunseth et al.…”

Section: Latina Mothers' Parenting In Povertymentioning

confidence: 97%

Always aware (Siempre pendiente): Latina mothers' parenting in high-risk neighborhoods.

Ceballo¹,

Kennedy²,

Bregman³

et al. 2012

Journal of Family Psychology

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Poor mothers contend with numerous economic and environmental stressors that may severely tax their resources for parenting. This study relied on qualitative interviews with 49 low-income Latina mothers to examine how parenting practices are used when facing neighborhood poverty and the threat of community violence. Several themes emerged in the interviews regarding mothers' approaches to parenting. First, Latina mothers in our sample relied on three strategies previously identified in the literature: (a) strict monitoring, (b) physical and/or social withdrawal from the neighborhood, and (c) engagement in positive, enriching activities for children. In concert with these strategies, these mothers also emphasized the importance of (d) establishing strong parent-child communication as essential to effective parenting in challenging environments. Furthermore, two overarching, culturally salient parental goals were identified: (a) fostering principles of educación in their children and (b) maintaining astute parental awareness (estar pendiente) of children's physical as well as emotional states. Our findings illuminated culturally specific meanings that accompany parenting practices for low-income Latina mothers and underscored the importance of adapting culturally sensitive interventions for parents.

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Section: Latina Mothers' Parenting In Povertymentioning

confidence: 97%

Always aware (Siempre pendiente): Latina mothers' parenting in high-risk neighborhoods.

Ceballo¹,

Kennedy²,

Bregman³

et al. 2012

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…Studies from the general child development literature have provided mixed evidence that risk for low parental monitoring is related to socio-demographic factors such as minority status, family structure or socioeconomic status (Le et al, 2008; Levine et al, 2001; Li, Feigelman, & Stanton, 2000). No studies have investigated whether socio-demographic factors are associated with low levels of parental monitoring or differences in parental monitoring styles in families of adolescents with type 1 diabetes.…”

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Effects of Socio-Demographic Factors on Parental Monitoring, and Regimen Adherence Among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Moderation Analysis

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Parental monitoring of adolescent diabetes care is an important predictor of adolescent regimen adherence. To date, no studies have investigated whether socio-demographic factors are associated with low levels of parental monitoring or differences in parental monitoring styles, and their moderating effects in families of adolescents with type 1 diabetes. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine whether youth and family socio-demographic factors moderated the relationship between monitoring and youth regimen adherence (i.e., mean frequency of blood glucose testing [BGT]). Data were collected from 267 adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were employed. Socio-demographic factors accounted for 17.1% of the variance in adherence. After parental monitoring scales were entered, R2 in all eight equations increased and R2 change score in six of eight equations were significant. All models were significant after the interaction terms were entered. In the adolescent report models, parent age and family structure were both independently associated with adherence and also moderated the association between adolescent-report parental monitoring and adherence to diabetes care, in particular, adolescent report of parental direct observation/presence during diabetes care. In the parent report models, income was moderated the association between parent-report youth disclosure and adherence. Research should focus on identifying additional modifiable factors that place families at risk for low levels of parental monitoring of diabetes care. Future clinical research is needed to help identify risk factors for low levels of parental monitoring and develop interventions to promote optimal parenting skills that can support youth diabetes care.

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“…For example, it is true that African American single-mother families are more likely to be of a lower socioeconomic status (SES; income and education) than the middle-income, European American, intact families who characterize the parenting literature (Costello et al, 2001; McLoyd, 1990); however, relatively little attention has been devoted to understanding how variability in SES among African American single-mother families may shape parenting and, in turn, youth outcomes (Le et al, 2008). To this end, many have advocated for a return to a the person-oriented, within-group approach that provided the early, seminal foundation of the parenting literature to more fully understand the sociocultural context in which the development and relative impact of parenting styles evolves within diverse groups (García Coll et al, 1996; Le et al, 2008; McWayne et al, 2008). Consistent with this aim, the current study used a person-oriented approach to examine parenting styles within African American single-mother families, the socioeconomic context in which such variability emerges, and the link between SES, parenting styles, and youth outcomes.…”

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Socioeconomic status, parenting, and externalizing problems in African American single-mother homes: A person-oriented approach.

Anton¹,

Jones²,

Youngstrom³

2015

Journal of Family Psychology

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African American youth, particularly those from single-mother homes, are overrepresented in statistics on externalizing problems. The family is a central context in which to understand externalizing problems; however, reliance on variable-oriented approaches to the study of parenting, which originate from work with intact, middle-income, European American families, may obscure important information regarding variability in parenting styles among African American single mothers, and in turn, variability in youth outcomes as well. The current study demonstrated that within African American single-mother families: (a) a person-, rather than variable-, oriented approach to measuring parenting style may further elucidate variability; (b) socioeconomic status may provide 1 context within which to understanding variability in parenting style; and (c) 1 marker of socioeconomic status, income, and parenting style may each explain variability in youth externalizing problems; however, the interaction between income and parenting style was not significant. Findings have potential implications for better understanding the specific contexts in which externalizing problems may be most likely to occur within this at-risk and underserved group.

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Excavating Culture: Disentangling Ethnic Differences From Contextual Influences in Parenting

Cited by 52 publications

References 97 publications

Always aware (Siempre pendiente): Latina mothers' parenting in high-risk neighborhoods.

Always aware (Siempre pendiente): Latina mothers' parenting in high-risk neighborhoods.

Effects of Socio-Demographic Factors on Parental Monitoring, and Regimen Adherence Among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Moderation Analysis

Socioeconomic status, parenting, and externalizing problems in African American single-mother homes: A person-oriented approach.

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