Latinos in the United States in 2000

Marotta, Sylvia A.; García, Jorge

doi:10.1177/0739986303251693

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“…Studies that did include Latinos only included individuals who were proficient in English (Pham, Carlson, & Kosciulek, 2009). Given that a large percentage of Latinos living in the United States speak Spanish as their primary language (Marotta & Garcia, 2003), findings from these studies may not generalize to a wider Latino population. In addition to limited sampling of Latinos, racial or ethnic status has been used as a proxy for culture.…”

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Acculturation, Cultural Values, and Latino Parental Beliefs About the Etiology of ADHD

Lawton

Gerdes

Haack

et al. 2012

Adm Policy Ment Health

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ACCULTURATION, CULTURAL VALUES, AND LATINO PARENTAL BELIEFSABOUT THE ETIOLOGY OF ADHD Kathryn E. LawtonMarquette University, 2011Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent mental health disorders of childhood, but despite the availability of several evidencebased interventions, Latino children are more likely than non-minority children to have an unmet need for services related to ADHD. Because parental beliefs about the etiology of ADHD likely influence which services are sought, more research is needed to examine this aspect of help-seeking behavior in order to address the unmet need among Latino families. Specifically, research needs to focus on cultural factors that likely influence parental beliefs about the etiology of child behavior problems. Thus, the goal of the current study was to investigate the role of acculturation and cultural values of familismo, respeto, spirituality, and traditional gender roles in explaining parental etiological beliefs about ADHD in Latino parents. Participants in this study included 74 Latino parents. After watching a video portraying a Latino child exhibiting core symptoms and common functional problems associated with ADHD, parents completed a semi-structured interview that assessed etiological beliefs about the behavior of the child in the video, as well as a demographic questionnaire and measures of acculturation and cultural values. Neither Anglo orientation nor Latino orientation was significantly correlated with biopsychosocial or sociological/spiritual etiological beliefs. Additionally, none of the cultural values were significantly correlated with biopsychosocial etiological beliefs. The cultural values familismo and traditional gender roles were significantly positively correlated with sociological/spiritual beliefs. Exploratory analyses also were conducted to further examine sociological/spiritual beliefs. After controlling for SES, familismo and traditional gender roles accounted for 30.5% of the total variance in sociological/spiritual beliefs about ADHD. Finally, post hoc analyses were conducted to examine individual categories of etiological beliefs. The current study adds to our knowledge about how Latino parents understand child behavior and has important implications for both research and mental health services with Latino parents. The results support the inclusion of etiological beliefs and cultural factors in research examining help-seeking and access to mental health services among Latino families and suggest that the incorporation of alternative etiological beliefs about child behavior may be an important factor in culturally-appropriate mental health services.

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confidence: 99%

Acculturation, Cultural Values, and Latino Parental Beliefs About the Etiology of ADHD

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Haack

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“…According to Oropesa and Landale (2004), the shifting cultural and social conditions of the U.S. are factors contributing to the rising divorce rates among the Latino population. Approximately 11% of Latinos were divorced or separated in the year 2000, compared to 7% in the year 1990 (Marotta & Garcia, 2003, based on the 2000 U.S. Census). With people of Mexican origin 2 representing the largest group among Latinos, there is a clear motive to understand the mental health needs and marital functioning of this fast growing ethnic group.…”

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Latino Cultural Values and Marital Satisfaction Among Women of Mexican Origin

Garcia-Bravo¹

2008

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“…Hispanics are also a young population, with 39% younger than age 19 (Marotta & Garcia, 2003). In addition to their large and growing numbers, Hispanic adolescents are disproportionately affected by substance use and HIV/AIDS (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2004;Johnston, O'Malley, Bachman, & Schulenberg, 2006).…”

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Ecodevelopmental × Intrapersonal Risk

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Hispanic adolescents are a rapidly growing population and are highly vulnerable to substance abuse and HIV infection. Many interventions implemented thus far have been "one size fits all" models that deliver the same dosage and sequence of modules to all participants. To more effectively prevent substance use and HIV in Hispanic adolescents, different risk profiles must be considered. This study's purpose is to use intrapersonal and ecodevelopmental risk processes to identify Hispanic adolescent subgroups and to compare substance use rates and sexual behavior by risk subgroup. The results indicate that a larger proportion with high ecodevelopmental risk (irrespective of the intrapersonal risk for substance use) report lifetime and past 90-day cigarette and illicit drug use. In contrast, a larger proportion with high intrapersonal risk for unsafe sex (irrespective of ecodevelopmental risk) report early sex initiation and sexually transmitted disease incidence. Implications for intervention development are discussed in terms of these Hispanic adolescent subgroups. KeywordsHispanic; drugs; sexual behavior; adolescents; ecodevelopmental Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States, accounting for approximately 14% of the total U.S. population (Ramirez & de la Cruz, 2003). Hispanics are also a young population, with 39% younger than age 19 (Marotta & Garcia, 2003). In addition to their large and growing numbers, Hispanic adolescents are disproportionately affected by substance use and HIV/AIDS (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2004;Johnston, O'Malley, Bachman, & Schulenberg, 2006). Although population-based data indicate that Hispanic adolescents as a group are at elevated risk of substance use (CDC, 2004) and HIV (Johnston et al., 2006), Hispanics are a heterogeneous population that are not all at equivalently increased risk of substance use and/or HIV. To better understand and explain this variation among Hispanics, it is important to classify Hispanics into distinct subgroups (Pantin, Prado, Schwartz, & Sullivan, 2005). Although demographics characteristics such as country of origin and nativity (i.e., United States born vs. foreign born) have been the traditional form of choice for subgrouping Hispanics (and other ethnic groups), some have argued that identifying subgroups using data-driven (i.e., empirical) methods may be more beneficial than subgrouping by demographic characteristics (Dierker, Avenevoli, Goldberg, & Glantz, 2004 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUBSTANCE USE AND HIV AMONG HISPANIC ADOLESCENTSHispanic adolescents are at increased risk for substance use (Johnston et al., 2006) and for HIV contraction (CDC, 2004) compared to adolescents of other ethnic groups. Hispanic 8th and 10th graders report more alcohol, cigarette, and illicit drug use (with the exception of amphetamines) than their non-Hispanic White and African American counterparts (Johnston et al., 2006). Similar data indicate that Hispanic adolescents are less likely to use a condom when engaging in sexual in...

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Latinos in the United States in 2000

Cited by 122 publications

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Acculturation, Cultural Values, and Latino Parental Beliefs About the Etiology of ADHD

Acculturation, Cultural Values, and Latino Parental Beliefs About the Etiology of ADHD

Latino Cultural Values and Marital Satisfaction Among Women of Mexican Origin

Ecodevelopmental × Intrapersonal Risk

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