Potential for intergenerational conflict in Cuban and Haitian immigrant families

Santis, Lydia De; Ugarriza, Doris Noel

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“…Adolescent interviewee responses regarding premarital sexual activity were more in keeping with practices among American adolescents ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1992). Previous studies of Haitian immigrants, as well as the present study, have found that Haitian parents feel that American children have too much freedom and are disrespectful of parental authority ( DeSantis, 1985; DeSantis & Thomas, 1994; DeSantis & Ugarriza, 1995; Laguerre, 1984; Miller, 1984; Tappen & DeSantis, 1991). Attempts by Haitian parents to enforce their traditional beliefs about child obedience and the disparities regarding beliefs about premarital sex often become the basis for intergenerational and intercultural conflict ( Charles, 1986; DeSantis & Thomas, 1994; DeSantis & Ugarriza, 1995).…”

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“…Literature on immigrant Haitian families in South Florida and elsewhere in the United States has shown that immigrant Haitian parents are concerned about the loss of traditional Haitian cultural values due to the “Americanization” of their children ( Charles, 1986; DeSantis, 1985; Laguerre, 1984; Shannon, 1985; Stafford, 1987; Viglucci, 1994). Loss of discipline, lack of respect for authority, familial conflict over parental and spousal sex roles, and increased childhood and adolescent activities independent of adult supervision have become sources of concern among Haitian immigrants, social service personnel, and health care providers ( Charles, 1986; Colin & Paperwalla, 1996; DeSantis, 1985; DeSantis & Thomas, 1987, 1994; DeSantis & Ugarriza, 1995; Miller, 1984; “How to Solve Youth Violence,” 1994; Tappen & DeSantis, 1991; Taylor, Biafora, Warheit, Vega, & Zimmerman, 1992; Viglucci, 1994).…”

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Intergenerational Concepts of Adolescent Sexuality: Implications for Community‐Based Reproductive Health Care with Haitian Immigrants

DeSantis

Thomas

Sinnett

1999

Public Health Nursing

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Intergenerational conflict occurs when immigrant parents hold different values from those of their more rapidly acculturating offspring. These conflicts frequently involve disparate views related to sex roles and reproduction. A community-based study of 19 immigrant Haitian parent-adolescent pairs in South Florida compared their attitudes and values about sexuality and reproduction. Data were obtained through focused, open-ended interviews. Content analysis procedures at the level of words and phrases facilitated the categorization of responses. Data revealed considerable differences between parents and adolescents about the sources and types of information learned about reproduction and contraception, when such information is learned, and expectations regarding premarital sexual intercourse. Both parents and adolescents lacked accurate biomedical information about contraception, placed responsibility for contraceptive use primarily on the female partner, considered reproduction a natural rather than a medical event, and believed parents have the major responsibility for educating children about reproduction and contraception. Implications for culturally-appropriate health care center on increasing the role of the public health nurse in health education, minimizing intergenerational and intercultural conflict, and engaging the Haitian immigrant community in the promotion of reproductive health.

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Intergenerational Concepts of Adolescent Sexuality: Implications for Community‐Based Reproductive Health Care with Haitian Immigrants

DeSantis

Thomas

Sinnett

1999

Public Health Nursing

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“…Our research and that of others have reported on these factors, which are related to power imbalances between sexual partners, taboos on communication about sex between parents and children and between sexual partners, and protraction of the original patriarchal belief system, which often devalues female sexuality and pressures early sexual debut and prowess in males (Magee, Small, Frederic, Joseph, & Kershaw, 2006; Malow, Cassagnol, McMahon, Jennings, & Roatta, 2000; Malow et al, 2004). Early initiation into sex and infrequent condom use has been documented (De Santis & Ugarriza, 1995), although most recently Marcelin et al (2006) reported that a high percentage of Miami-Dade Haitian-American adolescents affirmed the value of condom use in prevention.…”

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Effects of a Culturally Adapted HIV Prevention Intervention in Haitian Youth

Malow¹,

Stein²,

McMahon³

et al. 2009

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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This study assessed the impact of an 8-week community-based translation of Becoming a Responsible Teen (BART), an HIV intervention that has been shown to be effective in other at-risk adolescent populations. A sample of Haitian adolescents living in the Miami area was randomized to a general health education control group (N = 101) or the BART intervention (N = 145), which is based on the information-motivation-behavior (IMB) model. Improvement in various IMB components (i.e., attitudinal, knowledge, and behavioral skills variables) related to condom use was assessed 1 month after the intervention. Longitudinal structural equation models using a mixture of latent and measured multi-item variables indicated that the intervention significantly and positively impacted all IMB variables tested in the model. These BART intervention-linked changes reflected greater knowledge, greater intentions to use condoms in the future, higher safer sex self-efficacy, an improved attitude about condom use and an enhanced ability to use condoms after the 8-week intervention.Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Dr. Robert Malow, Florida International University Biscayne Bay Campus, AC1-260, 3000 N.E. 151 st Street, North Miami, Florida 33181-3600. E-mail: E-mail: RMalow@bellsouth.net, Phone: 305.919.4200. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. et al., 1993). In addition, a larger proportion of minority youth begin engaging in sexual activity earlier than the majority of adolescents, again placing them at heightened risk for contracting the disease. Recent statistics reveal that 32% of African American and 13% of Hispanic males engage in sexual activity before the age of 13, compared to only 7% among Caucasian males (CDC, 2005). This early initiation of sexual activity occurs at a developmental stage when adolescents may not yet have acquired the necessary skills or knowledge to apply safe sex practices (DiClemente, 1991). In fact, one of the most basic neuroanatomic realities is that the human brain does not reach levels of adult complexity, as measured by the Gyrification Index (method for measuring the degree of gyri or convolutions of the brain's surface, the prevalence of which distinguishes Homo sapiens), until an individual's early twenties (Andreasen, 2001). Consequently, adolescent HIV prevention interventions must strive to include developmentally appropriate components in addition to, or in place of, frameworks shown to be successful with adult populations (Pedlow & Carey, 2003). The intervention trial with this special population was appro...

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“…Within the immigrant family, the parent-child relationship may be most affected by the stress associated with the acculturation experience (DeSantis & Ugarriza, 1995;Dinh, Sarason, & Sarason, 1994).…”

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The effects of acculturative variables on Asian American parent–child relationships

Dinh

Nguyen

2006

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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This study investigated acculturation and the perceived parent-child acculturative gap as predictors of the quality of parent-child relationships among 172 Asian American college students and their parents. It was expected that both acculturation level and perceived parent-child acculturative gap would play significant roles. The results showed that only perceived parent-child acculturative gap was significant across all assessed dimensions of the mother-child relationship (depth, support, conflict, and satisfaction), whereas both acculturation level and perceived parent-child acculturative gap were significant in only two dimensions of the father-child relationship (conflict and satisfaction). Overall, perceived parent-child acculturative gap was a stronger predictor than was acculturation level. Findings from this study provide implications for future research and intervention approaches with Asian American families. KEY WORDS: acculturation • acculturative gap • Asian American families • generational status • immigrants • parent-child relationships • psychosocial stress Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Potential for intergenerational conflict in Cuban and Haitian immigrant families

Cited by 23 publications

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Intergenerational Concepts of Adolescent Sexuality: Implications for Community‐Based Reproductive Health Care with Haitian Immigrants

Intergenerational Concepts of Adolescent Sexuality: Implications for Community‐Based Reproductive Health Care with Haitian Immigrants

Effects of a Culturally Adapted HIV Prevention Intervention in Haitian Youth

The effects of acculturative variables on Asian American parent–child relationships

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