Racial–Ethnic Minority Youth in Rural America: Theoretical Perspectives, Conceptual Challenges, and Future Directions

Conger, Katherine J.; Reeb, Ben T.; Chan, Sut Yee Shirley

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20976-0_2

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“…Addressing contextual stressors specifically relevant to children in LMFW families is important for identifying sources of stress relevant to their mental health. In particular, adjustment and developmental outcomes for minority children and youth in rural communities are connected to racial ethnic minority status, economic and social contexts, and transactional relations and process (Conger, Reeb, & Chan, 2016). Social mechanisms such as racism, discrimination, and prejudice may be particularly salient factors underlying the adjustment of minority youth (García Coll et al, 1998).…”

Section: Mental Health In Children In Lmfw Familiesmentioning

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Contextual stressors and the mental health outcomes of Latino children in rural migrant-farmworker families in the midwest.

Taylor

Ruiz

2017

Journal of Rural Mental Health

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Children in Latino migrant-farmworker (LMFW) families are a unique rural population who are at high risk for health disparities because of exposure to a high number of stressors. Despite these vulnerabilities, little is known about the mental health of this population of children. In the present cross-sectional exploratory study, we examined the effects of stressors on the mental health of children in LMFW families. Participants were school-aged Latino children ages 6–18 (N = 80, 54.5% male, mean age = 11.71) who participated in a summer migrant education program at 2 locations in Indiana. Using regression analyses, we assessed how specific contextual stressors (i.e., loneliness, economic hassles, and discrimination) related to self- and teacher-reported anxiety and depressive problems. Results revealed that children and youth were above established norms for self-reported anxiety and depression. Loneliness, economic hassles, and discrimination were positively associated with child-reported anxiety. Child report of language hassles and economic stress also were positively associated with teacher reports of child anxiety. Child-reported depression demonstrated patterns similar to anxiety. Teacher-reported social problems and child-reported economic hassles were linked to teacher reports of children’s depressive problems. These findings suggest that economic hardship and discrimination may be particularly salient stressors for children in LMFW families, in that they contribute to children’s mental health problems. Such vulnerabilities may have long-term effects on the future health, well-being, and success of these children. Future researchers should identify factors that have the potential to buffer children in LMFW families from poor mental health.

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Section: Mental Health In Children In Lmfw Familiesmentioning

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Contextual stressors and the mental health outcomes of Latino children in rural migrant-farmworker families in the midwest.

Taylor

Ruiz

2017

Journal of Rural Mental Health

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“…Studies examining associations between familism and academic adjustment have mostly used samples from urban metropolitan regions (e.g., Berkel et al, 2010; Esparza & Sánchez, 2008; Fuligni et al, 1999). Given calls to contextualize rural youth’s development (Conger et al, 2016; Stein et al, 2016), this study adds to research on school connections among Latinx rural youth living in new immigrant destinations with increasing Latinx population growth (Carlo et al, 2016).…”

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“…The present study had predominately second-generation participants (i.e., born in the U.S. and at least one parent born abroad). Future studies with first- and third-generation rural Latinx youth will contribute to the current understanding of acculturative processes in Latinx youth from new immigrant destinations such as the Midwest (Conger et al, 2016). Generational status is also relevant when considering youths’ intersectional identities as economic and educational opportunities afforded to U.S. citizens often differ from those available to immigrants, presenting potential differences in power to pursue academic opportunities.…”

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Fostering academic competence in Latinx youth: The role of cultural values and parenting behaviors

Hernández

Taylor

Jones

2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Although high school completion rates for Latinx adolescents have improved, rural Latinx youth experience more barriers to academic success than their urban counterparts. Using a culturally informed model, we tested prospective associations between adolescents’ Wave 1 familism values (cultural values emphasizing the importance of family relationships and connections) and Wave 2 academic competencies in a sample of predominantly rural Latinx adolescents ( N = 123) in the U.S. Midwest. We also examined whether youth-reports of mother’s and father’s warm parenting at Wave 1 and 2 moderated these associations. Familism values predicted higher self-reported school attachment and academic aspirations and expectations. Neither maternal nor paternal warmth predicted school attachment, academic aspirations, or academic expectations. Maternal warmth at Wave 2, but not at Wave 1, moderated the positive associations between familism and academic aspirations and expectations. These associations were more pronounced under circumstances of low maternal warmth. Paternal warmth did not significantly moderate the proposed associations predicting academic aspirations and expectations. Paternal warmth at Wave 1, but not at Wave 2, moderated the positive association between familism and school attachment. This association was stronger in the context of low paternal warmth. Results emphasize the joint roles of culture and parenting context for fostering academic competence in Latinx youth living in primarily rural regions of the Midwest during a critical developmental stage.

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“…Theoretically, historically and predominantly non-white neighborhoods may have health-compromising environmentssuch as less investment in a broad range of services and medical care, safety concerns, lack of social support, advertisement for unhealthy foods and substancesthan neighborhoods that currently, but not historically, have high proportion of racial/ethnic minorities, as a result of limited economic, social, and political power. Neighborhoods undergoing changing racial/ethnic compositions may also face benefits (e.g., social integration, diversity) and stressors (e.g., racial income inequality, unstable social change) [51][52][53][54][55], compared to neighborhoods with static racial/ethnic compositions over time. Using Texas census tract-level data from 1990 to 2010, our study, currently under review, found that neighborhoods varied considerably on neighborhood economic status according to neighborhood racial/ethnic trajectories [56].…”

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Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Composition Trajectories and Black-White Differences in Preterm Birth among Women in Texas

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The black-white disparity in preterm birth has been well documented in the USA. The racial/ethnic composition of a neighborhood, as a marker of segregation, has been considered as an underlying cause of the racial difference in preterm birth. However, past literature using cross-sectional measures of neighborhood racial/ethnic composition has shown mixed results. Neighborhoods with static racial/ethnic compositions over time may have different social, political, economic, and service environments compared to neighborhoods undergoing changing racial/ethnic compositions, which

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Racial–Ethnic Minority Youth in Rural America: Theoretical Perspectives, Conceptual Challenges, and Future Directions

Cited by 5 publications

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Contextual stressors and the mental health outcomes of Latino children in rural migrant-farmworker families in the midwest.

Contextual stressors and the mental health outcomes of Latino children in rural migrant-farmworker families in the midwest.

Fostering academic competence in Latinx youth: The role of cultural values and parenting behaviors

Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Composition Trajectories and Black-White Differences in Preterm Birth among Women in Texas

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