Ecological Changes in Ethnic Families of Color

McAdoo, Harriette Pipes; Martinez, Estella A.; Hughes, Hester

doi:10.4135/9781412990172.n8

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“…More than a decade ago, family scholars advocated for the application of culturally sensitive frameworks to the study of immigrant, marginalized, and minority families (Dilworth‐Anderson, Burton, & Johnson, 1993). Nonetheless, in the most recent edition of Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research , McAdoo, Martinez, and Hughes (2005) purported that researchers have yet to develop and use such frameworks, which has resulted in incomplete and, at worst, inaccurate depictions of families of color or ethnic‐minority status. Originally designed to provide an interdisciplinary framework for studying marital relationships, Huston's (2000) model is particularly useful for the study of Mexican‐origin couples in that it parsimoniously integrates and expands principles from various social and behavioral theoretical perspectives that have been deemed important by those promoting culturally sensitive frameworks (Figure 1).…”

Section: Huston's Three‐level Model Of Marriagementioning

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Mexican-Origin Couples in the Early Years of Parenthood: Marital Well-Being in Ecological Context

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Proulx

2011

Journal of Family Theory &Amp; Review

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In this article, we draw from Huston's (2000) 3‐level model of marriage to provide an informed and integrative template for organizing current knowledge and guiding future inquiry into the study of marital well‐being among a rapidly growing segment of the United States' population: low‐income, Mexican‐origin couples in the early years of parenthood. More specifically, we advocate for a dyadic approach that attends to elements of the macroenvironment, such as cultural background, and how those elements interact directly and indirectly with spouses' individual characteristics and marital behavior. In so doing, we demonstrate the value of an ecological approach for understanding current research and for informing future work studying marriage among new parents of Mexican origin.

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Section: Huston's Three‐level Model Of Marriagementioning

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Mexican-Origin Couples in the Early Years of Parenthood: Marital Well-Being in Ecological Context

Helms

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Proulx

2011

Journal of Family Theory &Amp; Review

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“…Women in Hispanic-based academic environments are concentrated in information technology and applied computer-related fields because of readily available job opportunities (Varma, 2002). Family expectations and support in racial-ethnic communities may spur African American, Hispanic, and international women toward a level of persistence that women with multiple opportunities for self-expression may not need, desire, or experience (McAdoo, Martinez, & Hughes, 2005). However, to guide future research, culturally sensitive constructs and theories must be explored.…”

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Women in Computer-Related Majors: A Critical Synthesis of Research and Theory From 1994 to 2005

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Scheckler

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Review of Educational Research

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In this article, the authors review, critique, and synthesize the emerging research literature from 1994 to 2005 on women’s enrollment and persistence in computer-related majors. A thorough examination of 44 empirical studies in scholarly journals reveals that this literature primarily relies on exploratory and descriptive analyses, individualized measures, and implicit theoretical frameworks. Findings are grouped by four themes: (a) enrollment patterns, (b) gender differences in self-confidence and performance, (c) gender differences in computer use, and (d) academic environments. An explicit gender theory of women in computing is needed to reconceptualize diverse women’s experiences and to direct future research on women’s enrollment and persistence patterns in computer fields.

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“…An issue related to the creation of knowledge is the historical lack of consideration of cultural diversity within theories, methods, and analyses (McAdoo, Martinez, & Hughes, 2005;Whall & Loveland-Cherry, 1993). For example, Froman and Schmitt (2003) suggest that it is not enough to merely translate instruments into other languages or make cultural adaptations to items on scales, but that consideration of underlying concepts and constructs across cultures is needed.…”

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Looking at Families in Nursing Research: Strategies for Study Design

Marcellus

2006

Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing

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Pediatric nurses have identified the importance of studying children within the context of their families. There have been calls for attention to the family as the focus of study and unit of analysis in nursing research. One of the most important strategies for designing a study that keeps the focus on the family is the maintenance of study integrity. All the strategic choices made by the researcher when developing the research design need to reflect the theoretical premises on which the study is built. Throughout the study design, components of well-constructed family research will demonstrate consistency with the overall conceptual framework.

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Ecological Changes in Ethnic Families of Color

Cited by 7 publications

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Mexican-Origin Couples in the Early Years of Parenthood: Marital Well-Being in Ecological Context

Mexican-Origin Couples in the Early Years of Parenthood: Marital Well-Being in Ecological Context

Women in Computer-Related Majors: A Critical Synthesis of Research and Theory From 1994 to 2005

Looking at Families in Nursing Research: Strategies for Study Design

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