Culturally sensitive treatment of adolescent Puerto Rican girls and their families

Intergenerational gaps in Mexican American values trajectories: Associations with parent–adolescent conflict and adolescent psychopathology

“…Latino family values also motivate family members to make choices that are centered on the good of the family (Tsai, Telzer, Gonzales, & Fuligni, 2015) and to prioritize their duty to protect and support the family above individual needs and goals (Fridrich & Flannery, 1995; White, Roosa, Weaver, & Nair, 2009). Particularly with respect to externalizing psychopathology, traditional family values may play an important role in fostering the conventional behaviors of Latino youth who remain motivated to protect the family’ honor and to avoid bringing shame ( vergüenza) to the family through socially disapproved behavior (Zayas & Bryant, 1984).…”

Group therapy with the multiply oppressed: Treating Latino, HIV-infected injecting drug users

“…This dissonance can be addressed in the group process. Zayas and Bryant (1984) note that, contrary to the independent role ascribed to the male, the female is socialized to be dependent on her parents and, once married, to continue her dependency with her husband. While adolescent males are expected to engage in sexual experimentation, adolescent females are required to remain virgins until marriage.…”

Hispanic Youth, Substance Abuse, and Stress: Implications for Prevention Research

“…A good deal more research is needed to augment existing findings and, indeed, new studies are currently underway (Palleja, 1986;Zayas and Bryant, 1984;Botvin, 1986;Botvin et al, 1984;Orlandi, 1985;Orlandi, 1986;Schinke, Zayas, Schilling, and Palleja, in press;Bobo, Cvetkovich, Trimble, Gilchrist, and Schinke, in press). …”

“…Briefly, acculturation theory refers to the three phases of contact, conflict, and adaptation through which both migrant and host cultures and individuals move, before functional assimilation may be achieved. It is maintained that there is a relationship between (1) the level of successful acculturation along a continuum and (2) the degree of stress to which individuals within the migrant culture-and the culture itself-will be subjected (Palleja, 1986, unpublished manuscript;Szapocznik, Scopetta, and King, 1978;Szapozcnik, Scopetta, Kurtinas, and Arnalde, 1987;Szapozcnik, Scopetta, and Tillman, 1978;Berry and Annis, 1974;Canino, Earley, and Rogler, 1980;Carballo, 1970;Herskovits, 1983;Prieto, 1978;Zayas, 1986;Zayas and Bryant, 1984).…”

“…For instance, through ethnic pride content, preventive intervention can show adolescents how to apply such cultural values as dignidad, respeto, and caridad to lower their risk for alcohol and drug abuse (Gil, 1984;Zayas, 1986;Zayas and Bryant, 1984). Among Hispanic people, dignidad emphasizes individual self-worth.…”