Mexico and the United States: Ambivalent Vistas

Gonzales, Michael J.

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“…Because the current study did not address the processes through which attitudes and wives’ employment behavior are linked to marital satisfaction, a deeper understanding of dyadic contexts and the mechanisms linking them to marital quality is merited. Future research would benefit from an exploration of personal characteristics of spouses that have the potential to mediate the links between spouses’ gender role attitudes, wives’ employment, and husbands’ marital satisfaction, including: spouses’ psychological distress, aggression, expression of marital negativity, preferences for women’s paid employment, work-to-family conflict, provider-role ideologies, and satisfaction with the division of labor, women’s work hours, and decision making about marital roles (Campbell & Snow, 1992; Falconier, 2013; Gonzalez, 2008; Grzywacz et al, 2009; Helms et al, 2010; Minnotte et al, 2010; Ross et al, 1983; Yucel, 2012).…”

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“…For Mexican immigrants, on arrival in the United States, husbands’ inability to earn sufficient wages often necessitates wives’ employment (Chavira-Prado, 1992; Fernandez Kelly, 1992). Though women’s employment is not the norm in Mexico (Bacallao & Smokowski, 2007), a majority (59%) of Hispanic women in the United States are employed (Gonzales, 2008). This rate is nevertheless below the labor force participation rates of American women (Montez, Angel, & Angel, 2009).…”

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“…The interaction of these factors and their association with marital satisfaction is particularly important to consider in studies addressing the marital satisfaction of Mexican immigrant husbands (Updegraff, Crouter, Umaña-Taylor, & Cansler, 2007). For example, although Mexican-origin women are less likely to be employed and report a lower preference for employment than American women (Gonzales, 2008), following immigration, Mexican-origin women are likely to work out of economic necessity regardless of their own and their husbands’ attitudes about women’s employment (Baker, 2004). Among men who hold more sex-typed gender role attitudes, the challenges of immigration and their wives’ necessary transition into the workplace may be negatively linked to their marital satisfaction (Falconier, 2013).…”

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Spouses’ Gender Role Attitudes, Wives’ Employment Status, and Mexican-Origin Husbands’ Marital Satisfaction

Hengstebeck

Helms

Rodriguez

2014

Journal of Family Issues

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Informed by Peplau's (1983) theory of roles, this study examined the complex interplay between spouses' gender role attitudes and wives' employment status as a predictor of Mexican-origin husbands' marital satisfaction. Dissonance between spouses' gender role attitudes about how marital roles should be and the actual behavior enacted within the couple was hypothesized to be inversely related to husbands' marital satisfaction. Data were gathered during in-home interviews with 120 Mexican-origin, legally married and "living as married" couples living in North Carolina in 2007-2008. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed (a) a negative association between wives' employment and husbands' marital satisfaction, (b) that wives' sex-typed gender role attitudes were negatively related to husbands' marital satisfaction only in marriages in which husbands were more sex-typed, and (c) that the negative association between wives' sex-typed gender role attitudes and husbands' marital satisfaction was stronger for employed wives than non-employed wives. These findings were further qualified by a three-way interaction between wives' employment and spouses' gender role attitudes, indicating that in couples with non-employed wives, wives' more sex-typed gender role attitudes were more negatively associated with the marital satisfaction of husbands with more sex-typed attitudes than husbands with less sex-typed attitudes. Specifically, the three-way interaction showed that for couples with non-employed wives, husbands' marital satisfaction was lowest in marital contexts in which both spouses endorsed more sex-typed gender role attitudes.

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Spouses’ Gender Role Attitudes, Wives’ Employment Status, and Mexican-Origin Husbands’ Marital Satisfaction

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Rodriguez

2014

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“…Economically speaking, Hispanic women are also almost twice as likely (20%) to live in poverty as non-Hispanic women (11%). Furthermore, Gonzales (2008a) found that 47% of immigrant Hispanic women lack health insurance, as do 25% of native-born Hispanic women. Thus, the risk of inadequate prenatal care in this segment of the population is significant.…”

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Anguish, Yearning, and Identity

FitzGerald

Cronin

Boccella³

2016

J Transcult Nurs

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The purpose of this phenomenological study was to seek a better understanding of needs and access issues among pregnant, low-income Hispanic women. Hispanic women who attended a community prenatal education program participated in follow-up focus groups to explore their experiences regarding prenatal education, pregnancy resources, access to, and satisfaction with, the care available to them. Focus groups were facilitated by a leader, bilingual in English and Spanish, with knowledge of the Hispanic culture. Sessions were audiotaped, then translated into English for transcription. Data were analyzed according to guidelines by Colaizzi and three themes emerged: pregnant Hispanic women experienced a sense of anguish (la angustia) from questions and unknowns rampant during pregnancy, leading to a yearning (el anhelo) to learn and understand more, but with a desire to do so without sacrificing native identity (la identidad). Implications of these themes for improving prenatal care for this population are explored.

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“…Brown, Cohen, & Mezuk, ; Casillas et al, ; Harker, ). In addition, Latina immigrants report low rates of consistent medical care (Callahan & Cooper, ) and use of preventive health services such as mammograms, clinical breast examinations, and Pap smears (Rodriguez, Ward, & Perez‐Stable, ), and they are more likely to be uninsured when compared with U.S.‐born Latinas (25% vs. 47%, respectively; Gonzales, ). The lack of research may, in part, be due to the difficulty in reaching, recruiting, and assessing this population.…”

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Recruiting and Assessing Recent Young Adult Latina Immigrants in Health Disparities Research

Sheehan

Dillon

Babino

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J Multicult Couns & Deve

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The authors interviewed 4 researchers to identify facilitators in recruiting and assessing Latina immigrants. The 4 researchers recruited 530 recent Latina immigrants (ages 18–23 years) for a study of social and cultural determinants of health. Consensual qualitative research methods revealed that respondent-driven sampling was an effective recruitment method. Fear of deportation was a barrier. Stigma about sensitive topics (e.g., sex, drug use) did not affect participation. Findings can help counselors conduct health disparities research.

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Mexico and the United States: Ambivalent Vistas

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Spouses’ Gender Role Attitudes, Wives’ Employment Status, and Mexican-Origin Husbands’ Marital Satisfaction

Spouses’ Gender Role Attitudes, Wives’ Employment Status, and Mexican-Origin Husbands’ Marital Satisfaction

Anguish, Yearning, and Identity

Recruiting and Assessing Recent Young Adult Latina Immigrants in Health Disparities Research

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