Cultural Factors Moderating Links Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Parenting and Coparenting Among Mexican Origin Families

Barnett, Melissa A.; Mortensen, Jennifer A.; Gonzalez, Henry; Gonzalez, Jose Michael

doi:10.1007/s10566-016-9365-y

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“…Within Hispanic/ Latino cultures, it is theorized that the emphasis of familism on close, caring, and united family relationships may, in turn, promote family relationship behaviors and interactions that are consistent with these cultural ideals (Campos et al, 2008;Stein et al, 2014). This premise is supported by cross-sectional research showing that stronger familism values were related to more cooperative coparenting and supportive parenting among Mexicanorigin mothers of toddlers (Barnett et al, 2016) and closer motherchild relations among Mexican-origin mothers with preschoolers (Gamble & Modry-Mandell, 2008). Further, Latino/a high school students' stronger familism values were concurrently associated with higher levels of communication with parents (Lac et al, 2011) and family cohesion (Lac et al, 2011;Young, 2016).…”

Section: Family Relationships-warmth/supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Familism values and adjustment among Hispanic/Latino individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Cahill¹,

Updegraff²,

Causadías³

et al. 2021

Psychological Bulletin

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Familism is a key cultural value that emphasizes support and attachment, loyalty, honor, and obligation to the family and is hypothesized to be critical in shaping family dynamics and individual adjustment among Hispanic/Latino individuals. To advance the field, we drew from cultural-ecological and developmental models to examine familism as a cultural promotive and risk factor for individual adjustment and family relationship quality. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis via a search between 2017 and 2020 and identified 126 records (23% unpublished dissertations) from 73 independent studies (12% longitudinal) in PsycINFO/Proquest, PubMed, and ERIC databases between 1993 and 2019. The multilevel meta-analysis revealed significant effects: educational outcomes, r = .16, 95% CI [.08, .23]; family relationships, which included warmth/support, r = .24, 95% CI [.19, .29], and conflict/negativity, r = −.13, 95% CI [−.23, −.02]; internalizing symptoms, r = −.12, 95% CI [−.16, −.09]; and externalizing symptoms, r = −.10, 95% CI [−.18, −.03]. We tested conceptually driven moderators and found significant variation by sample (e.g., nativity, developmental period) and context characteristics (i.e., U.S. states characterized as “established” or “new/emerging” for Hispanic/Latino populations). Findings suggest that familism may function more as a promotive and less as a risk factor and that continued attention is needed to the conditions that strengthen or weaken these associations. Although conclusions are limited because most effect sizes were from cross-sectional designs with U.S. Mexican-origin participants and relied on self-reports, findings highlight the complex associations between familism and adjustment/relationship quality and can guide future research.

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Section: Family Relationships-warmth/supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Familism values and adjustment among Hispanic/Latino individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Cahill¹,

Updegraff²,

Causadías³

et al. 2021

Psychological Bulletin

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“…who endorsed low familism values (Barnett, Mortensen, Gonzalez, & Gonzalez, 2016). Among Latino fathers, neighborhood danger was positively associated with harshness among fathers who endorse high familism values (White et al, 2015;White & Roosa, 2012).…”

Section: Familism and Parentingmentioning

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Filipino fathers’ parenting in the context of household and neighborhood risk: Familism as a protective factor.

Jocson¹

2020

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objective: Familism, a cultural value that emphasizes strong family connectedness, has been associated with warm parenting behaviors among fathers and may moderate the effects of stress on parenting. However, few studies have examined familism as a protective factor against household and neighborhood risks. This study examined (a) the relations of poor living conditions and neighborhood disorder to paternal warmth and rejection and (b) familism as a moderator of relations between poor living conditions, neighborhood disorder, and paternal warmth and rejection. Method: Low-income urban Filipino fathers (N ϭ 84, M age ϭ 44.85, SD ϭ 8.89) completed orally administered questionnaires. Hierarchical regression analyses were used to examine associations between poor living conditions, neighborhood disorder, familism, warmth, and rejection. Results: Poor living conditions, measured as a composite risk index of housing status, water supply, access to electricity, and food insecurity, were significantly associated with lower levels of warmth. Neighborhood disorder was also significantly associated with greater rejection. Familism was significantly associated with greater warmth, indicating its promotive role in fathers' parenting. Moderation analyses indicate that higher familism was associated with less rejection only at lower levels of risk in living conditions. At higher levels of risk, the association of familism with rejection was nonsignificant. Conclusions: The protective function of familism in parenting may have limits at high levels of risk. Interventions for low-income Filipino fathers may need to address reduction of household and neighborhood stressors along with strengthening family-level protective factors. Public Significance StatementThis study suggests that Filipino fathers who have strong family-oriented values show more warmth and less rejection toward their adolescent children. However, under conditions of high risk in household living conditions, the helpful role of familism in reducing fathers' rejecting behaviors may be diminished.

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“…0.693 (20) My partner will be willing to make personal sacrifices to help taking care of our child. 0.692 (24) My partner will make me feel like I am the best possible parent for our child. 0.689 ( 16) My partner will have a lot of patience with our child.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The parenting experience, including the prospective one, which comprises the planning and negotiation about parenting and the way future parents think about their future coparenting relationship [5,6], also differs according to the social and cultural context [22,[24][25][26]. Therefore, instruments assessing coparenting should encompass cultural variability [16,27].…”

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The Prospective Co-Parenting Relationship Scale (PCRS) for Sexual Minority and Heterosexual People: Preliminary Validation

Leal

Gato

Coimbra

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The coparenting relationship begins with a process of planning and negotiation about having children. Available psychological instruments have not been adapted to sexual minority people, which compromises their ecological validity. This mixed method study aimed to adapt and validate a prospective version of the Co-Parenting Relationship Scale in a Portuguese sample of sexual minority and heterosexual adults who did not have children and who were in a dyadic relationship. In study 1, cognitive interviews were used to gather participants’ reflections about the original items and the role played by the family of origin and anticipated stigma in coparenting (n = 6). In study 2, using a sample of individuals from 18 to 45 years old, two Exploratory Factor Analyses (EFA) were conducted separately for sexual minority (n = 167) and heterosexual persons (n = 198), and a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted for heterosexual persons (n = 176). Results showed underscored the importance of families of origin independent of sexual orientation. Different factorial structures for sexual minority and heterosexual persons were observed. Among sexual minority persons, the role of stigma was also highlighted. Implications for practice and research are discussed.

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Cultural Factors Moderating Links Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Parenting and Coparenting Among Mexican Origin Families

Cited by 14 publications

References 37 publications

Familism values and adjustment among Hispanic/Latino individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Familism values and adjustment among Hispanic/Latino individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Filipino fathers’ parenting in the context of household and neighborhood risk: Familism as a protective factor.

The Prospective Co-Parenting Relationship Scale (PCRS) for Sexual Minority and Heterosexual People: Preliminary Validation

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