Parental Overprotection, Cultural Value Conflict, and Psychological Adaptation among Asian Indian Women in America

Varghese, Anita; Jenkins, Sharon Rae

doi:10.1007/s11199-009-9620-x

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“…Among female immigrants, those in the lower socioeconomic strata had the lowest incidence rate ratios for both adverse outcomes, and the female effect sizes rose in incremental fashion across the socioeconomic strata. This pattern could perhaps be explained by lower socioeconomic status female immigrants, especially those originating from non-western countries, being strongly protected by their parents and other close family members from social stressors and from peers experiencing psychosocial difficulties, right up until the age when they marry [ 66 ]. Such close social control and protection may be less likely to occur among young immigrant females in the middle and higher socioeconomic strata.…”

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National Cohort Study of Suicidality and Violent Criminality among Danish Immigrants

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BackgroundImmigrant populations in western societies have grown in their size and diversity yet evidence is incomplete for their risks of suicidality and criminal violence. We examined these correlated harmful behaviours in a national cohort.Aims(i) Compare absolute risk between first and second generation immigrants, foreign-born adoptees and native Danes by plotting cumulative incidence curves to onset of early middle age; (ii) estimate sex-specific relative risks for these immigrant type subgroups vs. native Danes; (iii) examine effect modification by higher vs. lower socio-economic status.MethodsIn a cohort of over two million persons, attempted suicides and violent crimes were investigated using data from multiple interlinked registers. We plotted sex-specific cumulative incidence curves and estimated incidence rate ratios.ResultsIn the whole study cohort, 1414 people died by suicide, 46,943 attempted suicide, and 51,344 were convicted of committing a violent crime. Among all immigrant subgroups combined, compared with native Danes, relative risk of attempted suicide was greater in female immigrants (incidence rate ratio, 1.59; 95% confidence interval: CI 1.54-1.64) than in male immigrants (1.26; CI 1.20-1.32), and vice versa for relative risk of violent offending in male immigrants (2.36; CI 2.31-2.42) than in female immigrants (1.74; CI 1.62-1.87). Risk for both adverse outcomes was significantly elevated in virtually every gender-specific immigrant type subgroup examined. Violent crime risk was markedly raised in first generation immigrant males and in the Danish born male children of two immigrant parents. However, male immigrants of lower social status had lower risk of attempted suicide than their native Danish peers.ConclusionYoung immigrants of both first and second generation status face serious challenges and vulnerabilities that western societies need to urgently address. Relative risk patterns for these adverse outcomes vary greatly between the genders and also by socioeconomic status. This high degree of heterogeneity points to the existence of modifiable factors that are amenable to positive change and a potential for effective intervention.

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National Cohort Study of Suicidality and Violent Criminality among Danish Immigrants

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“…Asian Indian individuals were our reference group. We also entered two more dummy variables to control for the effects of gender and immigration status, because of differences reported in prior research among South Asian American individuals related to gender (Alam, 2013; Alam, 2014; Khuwaja et al, 2012; Varghese & Jenkins, 2009) and immigration and acculturative experiences (Alam, 2013; Alam, 2014; Farver et al, 2002; Khuwaja et al, 2012; Patel & Gaw, 1996; Varghese & Jenkins, 2009). Brooding and reflective rumination, as measured by the Ruminative Response Scale (Nolen-Hoeksema & Morrow, 1991), were also originally included in our model as predictors, both separately and in interaction terms with the previously noted ethnic status dummy variables, to explore their effects on suicidal ideation.…”

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“…One study reported that the breadth of the acculturative gap between Asian Indian adolescents and their parents was negatively related to self-esteem and positively related to anxiety and family conflict (Farver, Narang, & Bhadha, 2002). Another study found that second-generation unmarried Asian Indian women reported greater maternal control and cultural value conflict than first generation or married peers, and that this conflict mediated a relation between perceptions of maternal control and depressive symptoms (Varghese & Jenkins, 2009). Such cultural value conflict may arise from divergent expectations about sex roles, such as the expectation that one should eschew dating before parentally arranged marriage (Varghese & Jenkins, 2009).…”

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Ethnic differences in suicidal ideation and its correlates among South Asian American emerging adults.

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Cheref²,

Miranda³

2016

Asian American Journal of Psychology

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Prior research on suicidal ideation and its correlates among South Asian American individuals has been limited. Given that South Asian American individuals are a burgeoning ethnic subgroup in the United States population, research regarding these factors is necessary to inform culturally competent suicide screening, prevention, and intervention among this increasingly prominent group. We examined depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation among a sample of 204 undergraduate South Asian American (96 Bangladeshi American, 67 Asian Indian, and 41 Pakistani American) emerging adult students (66% female), ages 18 to 24 (M = 18.52, SD = 0.93). Participants completed measures of hopelessness, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation. Bangladeshi American ethnicity was associated with significantly lower levels of suicidal ideation than Asian Indian ethnicity. There was a non-significant trend for Pakistani American ethnicity to be associated with lower levels of suicidal ideation than Asian Indian ethnicity. Additionally, Bangladeshi American ethnicity and Pakistani American ethnicity each interacted with hopelessness, such that hopelessness was associated with lower levels of suicidal ideation among these groups than among their Asian Indian peers. Being of Asian Indian ethnicity may deleteriously influence vulnerability to suicidal ideation, while being of other South Asian American ethnicities may buffer against suicidal ideation, both independently and in interaction with hopelessness. Such contingencies should be considered during suicide screening, prevention, and intervention.

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“…A.K emphasises the 'shame' value and how honour can be violated as a result of technology misuse, while S.Y discusses how children are becoming less active due to technology. Interestingly, S.Y follows up by referring to how he was not idle at a young age, which allowed him to do 'paper rounds' thus emphasising the economic responsibility which is often associated with South Asian males (Varghese and Jenkins 2009). Thus, the degree to which parents see the risks of technology are magnified as a result of their collectivist value systems, which are deep-rooted as evident, even in second and third generation South Asians.…”

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Technology as a Disruptive Agent: Intergenerational Perspectives

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This study explores how British South Asian parents perceive their children's technology consumption through their collectivist lenses and interdependent values. The findings for this qualitative study indicate that second and third generation South Asian parents acknowledge the benefits of children's technology use; but largely perceive technology as a disruptive agent, whereby children are becoming isolated and increasingly independent within the household. The analysis aims to understand how parents view their children's relationship with others as a result of technology consumption. Accordingly, this paper proposes an extension of the Construal of self conceptualisation and contributes a Techno-construal matrix that establishes a dyadic connection between technology consumption and cultural values. Overall, the study reveals that children display less inter-reliance and conformance typically associated with collectivist cultures, resulting from their technology use. Consequently, parents interpret their children's shift from interdependence to more independence as a disruptive and unsettling phenomenon within the household.

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Parental Overprotection, Cultural Value Conflict, and Psychological Adaptation among Asian Indian Women in America

Cited by 49 publications

References 32 publications

National Cohort Study of Suicidality and Violent Criminality among Danish Immigrants

National Cohort Study of Suicidality and Violent Criminality among Danish Immigrants

Ethnic differences in suicidal ideation and its correlates among South Asian American emerging adults.

Technology as a Disruptive Agent: Intergenerational Perspectives

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