Stress across generations: A qualitative study of stress, coping, and caregiving among Mexican immigrant mothers.

Non, Amy L.; León-Pérez, Gabriela; Glass, Holly; Kelly, Emma; Garrison, Nanibaa’ A.

doi:10.1080/13557858.2017.1346184

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“…Further they were recruited from an immigrant-serving organization, which may bias the sample toward more community-engaged women who are more likely to seek help than others in the community. Our approach of small focus groups may inhibit some individual expression of opinions or experiences, but the synergistic effect of the group setting also helped foster discussion that may not have arisen in individual interviews (Kidd & Parshall, 2000). Finally, all results represent the participants' perceptions of their lives in the United States versus Mexico.…”

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Precarious Work and Parenting Stress among Mexican Immigrant Women in the United States

León-Pérez

Richards

Non

2021

J of Marriage and Family

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To qualitatively examine how precarious work contributes to parenting stress among Mexican immigrant women. Background: Mexican immigrants tend to be employed in low-wage occupations with nonstandard work arrangements and schedules. Besides common strains associated with balancing work and family, they experience immigrant-specific stressors due to their unique positions in society and differences in structural resources and cultural values regarding parenting. Method: Ten focus groups were conducted with 30 Mexican immigrant women living in Nashville, TN. An additional focus group was conducted with four key informants who served the local immigrant community. Transcripts were analyzed using inductive and deductive approaches. Results: Precarious working conditions were a major source of stress and a central contributor

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Precarious Work and Parenting Stress among Mexican Immigrant Women in the United States

León-Pérez

Richards

Non

2021

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Certain coping mechanisms have been shown to be positively associated with age, which means that younger people can be less resilient in the face of stress if they don't possess positive coping mechanisms [16]. Additionally, immigrants may have a unique set of stresses, such as fear of deportation, and challenges that could render them less resilient in the face of stress, such as loss of social support [17]. Though this may change over time as immigrants develop new social networks, which may partially explain the protective effect of being a foreign resident in the post-neonaticide group [17].…”

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“…Additionally, immigrants may have a unique set of stresses, such as fear of deportation, and challenges that could render them less resilient in the face of stress, such as loss of social support [17]. Though this may change over time as immigrants develop new social networks, which may partially explain the protective effect of being a foreign resident in the post-neonaticide group [17]. Within the medical system, pediatricians, obstetricians and other essential team members in the clinical settings are a resource for those who are not coping well with stress, and could offer appropriate interventions.…”

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Infanticide, neonaticide, and post-neonaticide: racial/ethnic disparities in the United States.

2021

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This study aims to assess recent trends and characteristics for infanticide and the sub-groups: neonaticide and post-neonaticide during the time period 2003-2017. Multiple Cause-of-Death Mortality Data were used to identify infanticides in the United States based on ICD-10 codes. Joinpoint regression analysis was used to calculate trends in the rates of infanticide, neonaticide and post-neonaticide during the study period. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between the socio-demographic characteristics and each of the outcomes. During the study period, 4,545 (1.2%) infants were identi ed as being victims of infanticide. The rates of neonaticide declined by 4.2% over the study period, whereas that of infanticide and post-neonaticide remained statistically unchanged. Males and Non-Hispanic (NH) Blacks were more likely to be victims of infanticide and post-neonaticide, compared to females and NH-Whites respectively, but had similar likelihood of neonaticide. While foreign-born residents exhibited nearly a four-fold increased likelihood of neonaticide, they had about 70% lesser likelihood of post-neonaticide than US born residents. Conclusion: Reasons for the disparities found in this study are multifactorial. We believe that access to healthcare needs to be improved and community resources need to be made more available to address the proposed mechanisms that lead to infanticide.

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“…All exposure data were collected using surveys administered in person with mothers in Spanish (1.5–2 h) and children primarily in English (45 min). Surveys were a combination of validated scales and new survey questions developed following a set of preliminary individual interviews in 2014 with children, and focus groups with Latina immigrant mothers in Nashville, TN ( 54 ). Questions included in each scale are described in brief below, and detailed further elsewhere ( 53 ).…”

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Epigenetics as a Mechanism of Developmental Embodiment of Stress, Resilience, and Cardiometabolic Risk Across Generations of Latinx Immigrant Families

Clausing

Non

2021

Front. Psychiatry

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Psychosocial stressors can become embodied to alter biology throughout the life course in ways that may have lasting health consequences. Immigrants are particularly vulnerable to high burdens of stress, which have heightened in the current sociopolitical climate. This study is an investigation of how immigration-related stress (IRS) may impact the cardiometabolic risk and epigenetic markers of Latinx immigrant mothers and children in Nashville, TN. We compared stress and resilience factors reported by Latina immigrant mothers and their children (aged 5–13) from two time points spanning the 2016 U.S. presidential election (June 2015–June 2016 baseline, n = 81; March–September 2018 follow-up, n = 39) with cardiometabolic risk markers (BMI, waist circumference, and blood pressure). We also analyzed these factors in relation to DNA methylation in saliva of stress-related candidate genes (SLC6A4 and FKBP5), generated via bisulfite pyrosequencing (complete case n's range from 67–72 baseline and 29–31 follow-up) (n's range from 80 baseline to 36 follow-up). We found various associations with cardiometabolic risk, such as higher social support and greater acculturation were associated with lower BMI in mothers; discrimination and school stress associated with greater waist circumferences in children. Very few exposures associated with FKBP5, but various stressors associated with methylation at many sites in SLC6A4, including immigrant-related stress in both mothers and children, and fear of parent deportation in children. Additionally, in the mothers, total maternal stress, health stress, and subjective social status associated with methylation at multiple sites of SLC6A4. Acculturation associated with methylation in mothers in both genes, though directions of effect varied over time. We also find DNA methylation at SLC6A4 associates with measures of adiposity and blood pressure, suggesting that methylation may be on the pathway linking stress with cardiometabolic risk. More research is needed to determine the role of these epigenetic differences in contributing to embodiment of stress across generations.

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Stress across generations: A qualitative study of stress, coping, and caregiving among Mexican immigrant mothers.

Cited by 13 publications

References 34 publications

Precarious Work and Parenting Stress among Mexican Immigrant Women in the United States

Precarious Work and Parenting Stress among Mexican Immigrant Women in the United States

Infanticide, neonaticide, and post-neonaticide: racial/ethnic disparities in the United States.

Epigenetics as a Mechanism of Developmental Embodiment of Stress, Resilience, and Cardiometabolic Risk Across Generations of Latinx Immigrant Families

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