Working with Latin American families.

Vazquez-Nuttall, Ena; Avila-Vivas, Zoila; Morales-Barreto, Gisela

doi:10.1037/e416282004-001

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“…That finding might be because emotional attachment is stronger for girls than for boys, and this difference might be more distinct within the Mexican American culture because the culture tends to be more stereotypical in terms of gender differences (Gonzalez, 1982). For instance, it has been suggested that the tendency for females to be subordinate to males is characteristic in the Mexican and Mexican American cultures (Gonzalez, 1982;Neff, Prihoda, & Hoppe, 1991;Vazquez-Nuttall, Avila-Vivas, & Morales-Barreto, 1984). Another interesting finding was that Anglo-American participants rated actors' behaviors higher in three of the four types of scenarios.…”

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Judgment Biases and Characteristics of Friendships of Mexican American and Anglo-American Girls and Boys

Bradley

Flannagan

Fuhrman

2001

The Journal of Early Adolescence

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Gender and ethnic patterns in ratings and assessments of four dimensions of friendship qualities were investigated (emotional attachment, support, shared activities, and conflicts) with 122 Anglo-American and Mexican American early adolescents (63 girls; mean age 10.36 years), as were links between ratings and assessments. Participants named a favorite friend, rated their perceptions of the hypothetical behaviors of that friend or an unfamiliar peer in scenarios that varied by actor's intention and outcome of the actor's behavior on the participant, and completed two measures designed to assess friendship quality. Girls, but not boys, rated friends' behaviors as more positive than the similar behaviors of unfamiliar peers and reported higher levels of attachment and support in their friendships. Similar rating patterns were found for Anglo-American and Mexican American participants. In addition, ratings of friends' behaviors in scenarios that presented neutral intentions were correlated with the level of emotional attachment reported in the friendship.According to social cognitive perspectives (Bandura, 1986), thoughts about others can be influenced by relationships with them. Dodge and Price (1994) extended that idea to propose that processing of information about other people goes through a series of stages. Those stages include encoding relevant stimulus cues; interpreting the cues and storage into long-term memory; accessing various behavioral responses to the interpreted cues; evaluating the responses that have been accessed; and finally, enacting the behavioral response chosen. Accurate processing at all five stages is necessary for socially competent behavior. Because sociocultural theory posits that there are cultural differences in the ways in which children are socialized to inter-405

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confidence: 92%

Judgment Biases and Characteristics of Friendships of Mexican American and Anglo-American Girls and Boys

Bradley

Flannagan

Fuhrman

2001

The Journal of Early Adolescence

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“…This further suggests that having more‐traditional cultural values plays a role in Latinas' decision to delay institutionalization. It is also conceivable that, as Latinas become more acculturated, they shed more‐traditional views of elder care such as familismo , 45 la familia , 46 respeto , and dignidad 47 . Familismo , which is the concept of placing family over the individual, may act to deter institutionalization by emphasizing familial reciprocity and the family as the most important source of social assistance 18 .…”

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confidence: 99%

Ethnicity and Time to Institutionalization of Dementia Patients: A Comparison of Latina and Caucasian Female Family Caregivers

Mausbach

Coon

Depp

et al. 2004

J American Geriatrics Society

122

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“…Closely related is the concept of fatalism, which is the belief that control is outside of the individual (Cuellar, Arnold, & González, 1995), not within the individual as presumed by most counseling theories. All these values have been posited to negatively affect help-seeking intentions (Acosta, Yamamoto, & Evans, 1982;Shapiro & Simonsen, 1994;Vazquez-Nuttal, Avila-Vivas, & Morales-Barreto, 1984).…”

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“…On the basis of the findings by Ruelas et al (1998) and Ramos-Sánchez et al (1999), however, adherence to certain values and beliefs of the Mexican culture might actually encourage favorable attitudes toward help seeking. Personalismo was identified as a value in the Latino/a culture that merits consideration when delivering mental health services (Cuellar, Arnold, & González, 1995;Falicov, 1998;Gloria & Peregoy, 1996;Sánchez-Ayéndez, 1989;Santiago-Rivera et al, 2002;Vazquez-Nuttal et al, 1984;Zea et al, 1994). Specifically, personalismo refers to Mexican Americans' desire to relate in a warm and emotional fashion, with the focus on relationship building.…”

Section: Traditional Mexican Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Relationships Between Mexican American Acculturation, Cultural Values, Gender, and Help‐Seeking Intentions

Ramos-Sánchez

Atkinson

2009

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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This study examined the relationships between Mexican acculturation, cultural values, gender, and help‐seeking intentions among Mexican American community college students. Findings suggest that as Mexican Americans lose their culture of origin and increase their generational status, their attitudes toward help seeking become less favorable. This contradicts cultural barrier theory as an explanation for underuse of mental health services by Mexican Americans. Furthermore, adherence to traditional Mexican culture and cultural values may actually encourage help seeking.

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Working with Latin American families.

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Judgment Biases and Characteristics of Friendships of Mexican American and Anglo-American Girls and Boys

Judgment Biases and Characteristics of Friendships of Mexican American and Anglo-American Girls and Boys

Ethnicity and Time to Institutionalization of Dementia Patients: A Comparison of Latina and Caucasian Female Family Caregivers

The Relationships Between Mexican American Acculturation, Cultural Values, Gender, and Help‐Seeking Intentions

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