Parenting strategies and socio-cultural influences in childhood anxiety: Mexican, Latin American descent, and European American families

Varela, R. Enrique; Sosa, Juan José Sánchez; Biggs, Bridget K.; Luis, Timothy M.

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.01.012

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“…A few studies have focused on how family factors contribute to the presence of problem behaviour in ethnic minority children [11][12][13]. Weiss et al [11] demonstrated that the family's reliability on internal coping strategies was a risk factor for problem behaviour in Latino children residing in the US.…”

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Mental Health and Health Risk Behaviors of Multicultural Adolescents according to Their Mothers’ Native Country: Using Data from the 11th (2015) Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey 2015

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Park²,

Lee³

2017

Child Health Nurs Res

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Background: Studies have shown that, compared to native counterparts, preschoolers from ethnic minorities are at an increased risk of problem behaviour. Socio-economic factors only partly explain this increased risk. This study aimed to further unravel the differences in problem behaviour among ethnic minority and native preschoolers by examining the mediating role of family functioning and parenting factors.

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Mental Health and Health Risk Behaviors of Multicultural Adolescents according to Their Mothers’ Native Country: Using Data from the 11th (2015) Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey 2015

Ju¹,

Park²,

Lee³

2017

Child Health Nurs Res

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“…For example, research has shown they report more externalizing and internalizing behaviors than European-American children (McLaughlin, Hilt, & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2007; Varela, Sanchez-Sosa, Biggs, & Luis, 2009). Children of immigrant families face additional challenges that may exacerbate this condition.…”

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Associations between Positive Parenting Practices and Child Externalizing Behavior in Underserved Latino Immigrant Families

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This study examined whether five specific parenting practices (i.e., monitoring, discipline, skill encouragement, problem solving, and positive involvement) were associated with reduced child externalizing behaviors among a sample of Latino immigrant families. It utilized baseline data from 83 Latino couples with children participating in a larger randomized controlled trial of a culturally adapted parenting intervention. Results reveal that monitoring, discipline, skill encouragement, and problem solving each made independent contributions to the prediction of child externalizing behavior, although not all in the expected direction. Further analyses examining mothers and fathers separately suggest that mother-reported monitoring and father-reported discipline practices uniquely contributed to these findings. These results may have important implications for prevention and clinical intervention efforts with Latino immigrant families, including the cultural adaptation and implementation of parenting interventions with this underserved population.

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“…Unfortunately, a recent literature review examining the impact of cultural influences on anxiety symptoms in Latino youth concluded that there is paucity in regards to the use of theory and operationalization of cultural variables in studies examining this population (Varela & HensleyMaloney, 2009). One exception is an important line of cross-cultural research that is contrasting parenting practices across Mexican parents (in Mexico) to those of Mexican American and European American parents in the U.S., in order to better understand differential expressions of youth anxiety (Luis, Varela, & Moore, 2008;Varela, Sanchez-Sosa, Biggs, & Luis, 2009). …”

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Family orientation, language, and anxiety among low-income Latino youth

Martínez

Polo

Carter

2012

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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Parenting strategies and socio-cultural influences in childhood anxiety: Mexican, Latin American descent, and European American families

Cited by 68 publications

References 35 publications

Mental Health and Health Risk Behaviors of Multicultural Adolescents according to Their Mothers’ Native Country: Using Data from the 11th (2015) Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey 2015

Mental Health and Health Risk Behaviors of Multicultural Adolescents according to Their Mothers’ Native Country: Using Data from the 11th (2015) Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey 2015

Associations between Positive Parenting Practices and Child Externalizing Behavior in Underserved Latino Immigrant Families

Family orientation, language, and anxiety among low-income Latino youth

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