Latino immigrant parents’ financial stress, depression, and academic involvement predicting child academic success

Gilbert, Lauren R.; Brown, Christia Spears; Mistry, Rashmita S.

doi:10.1002/pits.22067

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“…Our findings are consistent with the Family Stress Model, which posits that economic hardships, such as low income or high debt-to-asset ratio, increase economic pressures, which negatively affect family functioning and parent adjustment, and consequently, child development outcomes 23 – 25 , including language 27 – 29 . Although we did not directly measure financial strain, we hypothesize that in the current study, parents participating at days later in the month were more occupied with financial concerns, which affected the speech they used in interactions with their child.…”

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Financial concern reduces child directed speech in a socioeconomically diverse sample

Roby

Scott

2022

Sci Rep

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Socioeconomic status predicts the quantity and nature of child-directed speech that parents produce. However, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. This study investigated whether the cognitive load imposed by resource scarcity suppresses parent talk by examining time-dependent variation in child-directed speech in a socioeconomically diverse sample. We predicted that child-directed speech would be lowest at the end of the month when Americans report the greatest financial strain. 166 parents and their 2.5 to 3-year-old children (80 female) participated in a picture-book activity; the number of utterances, word tokens, and word types used by parents were calculated. All three parent language measures were negatively correlated with the date of the month the activity took place, and this relationship did not vary with parental education. These findings suggest that above and beyond individual properties of parents, contextual factors such as financial concerns exert influence on how parents interact with their children.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Financial concern reduces child directed speech in a socioeconomically diverse sample

Roby

Scott

2022

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“…One possibility may be that other unmeasured aspects of parenting mediated the effect of maternal stress on English acquisition. For instance, one study of Latinx American families found that parents’ reduced involvement in their children’s education was associated with children’s academic underachievement (Gilbert et al, 2017). Thus, other parental factors may better account for associations between maternal perceived stress and child English acquisition.…”

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The integrative model of family stress underlying Spanish and English vocabulary development in Mexican American children: Unique effects of financial and sociocultural hardships.

Yeo¹,

Flagg²,

Lin³

et al. 2021

Developmental Psychology

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Early oral language development lays an essential foundation for academic and socioemotional competencies but is vulnerable to the impact of family stress. Despite robust evidence that family stress affects early oral language development in monolingual samples, little is known about whether the family stress processes affecting language acquisition are similar among dual language learners. Furthermore, although Mexican American families often face stressors related to their ethnic minority and immigrant status, no studies to date have tested whether exposure to sociocultural stressors may likewise have negative consequences for early language acquisition. The present study examined whether financial and sociocultural stressors were associated with maternal stress perception, parenting sensitivity, and child Spanish and English receptive vocabulary at child age 3 and 4.5 years. Participants included 322 lowincome Mexican American mothers and their children followed from pregnancy through 4.5 years postnatal; most mothers preferred to speak Spanish (82%). Results of a path model indicated that links between family stress and child receptive vocabulary varied by language (Spanish or English) and stress type (financial or cultural). Specifically, Spanish acquisition was more closely related to the quality of mother-child interactions, whereas English acquisition was more susceptible to the direct impact of family stress. The consequences of family stress on children's vocabulary acquisition were evident earlier in development for Spanish than English, and appeared more pronounced for financial versus sociocultural stressors. Findings underscore a need to attend to the impact of poverty on children's Spanish and English language development in low-income, Mexican American children.

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“…For example, young refugees in Australia experience stress from language issues, a lack of career opportunities and difficulties in seeking further education, but are more likely to be able to cope with these stressors with social support from family, friends and their ethnic community (Joyce & Liamputtong, 2017). According to a study on Latino immigrants, parents' financial stress affects not only their mental health but also their children's' academic performance (Gilbert et al, 2017); however, since this study did not include parental stress or children under age 18, the association between the result and parental responsibilities is not clear. Future studies should include parenting stress and children under age 18 who may be affected by parents' stress.…”

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confidence: 99%

Immigration stress among refugees resettled in the United States

Kamimura

Sin

Pye

et al. 2020

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: Immigration stress includes acculturation stress and the stress related to language barriers, discrimination, occupational challenges, and feelings of isolation from society and a sense of newness or loss. Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine immigration stress among refugees resettled in the United States. Methods: A self-administered or interviewer-administered survey was collected from individuals with a refugee background in Utah from summer through fall in 2017 ( N = 190). Results: Older age was associated with higher levels of financial stress and homesickness. Poorer levels of self-rated health and fewer somatic symptoms were related to higher levels of homesickness and language barriers. Higher educational attainment was associated with higher levels of financial stress. Conclusion: Refugees are a vulnerable population due to being displaced to a foreign country and having to quickly learn a new language and different culture. It is imperative to gain more knowledge on diverse refugee groups and ways in which they can maintain optimum quality of life through and after the resettlement process.

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Latino immigrant parents’ financial stress, depression, and academic involvement predicting child academic success

Cited by 34 publications

References 59 publications

Financial concern reduces child directed speech in a socioeconomically diverse sample

Financial concern reduces child directed speech in a socioeconomically diverse sample

The integrative model of family stress underlying Spanish and English vocabulary development in Mexican American children: Unique effects of financial and sociocultural hardships.

Immigration stress among refugees resettled in the United States

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