Campos Belinda, Schetter Christine Dunkel, Abdou Cleopatra M, Hobel Calvin J, Glynn Laura M, Sandman Curt A
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2008 Apr;14(2):155-62. doi: 10.1037/1099-9809.14.2.155.
This study examined the association of familialism, a cultural value that emphasizes close family relationships, with social support, stress, pregnancy anxiety, and infant birth weight. Foreign-born Latina (n = 31), U.S.-born Latina (n = 68), and European American (n = 166) women living in the United States participated in a prospective study of pregnancy in which they completed measures of familialism, social support, stress, and pregnancy anxiety during their second trimester. As expected, Latinas scored higher on familialism than European Americans. Familialism was positively correlated with social support and negatively correlated with stress and pregnancy anxiety in the overall sample. As predicted, however, the associations of familialism with social support and stress were significantly stronger among Latinas than European Americans. Moreover, higher social support was associated with higher infant birth weight among foreign-born Latinas only. Implications of cultural values for relationships and health are discussed.
本研究考察了强调亲密家庭关系的文化价值观——家族主义,与社会支持、压力、孕期焦虑和婴儿出生体重之间的关联。居住在美国的外国出生的拉丁裔女性(n = 31)、美国出生的拉丁裔女性(n = 68)和欧裔美国女性(n = 166)参与了一项关于孕期的前瞻性研究,她们在孕中期完成了家族主义、社会支持、压力和孕期焦虑的测量。正如预期的那样,拉丁裔女性在家族主义方面的得分高于欧裔美国女性。在整个样本中,家族主义与社会支持呈正相关,与压力和孕期焦虑呈负相关。然而,正如预测的那样,拉丁裔女性中家族主义与社会支持和压力之间的关联显著强于欧裔美国女性。此外,仅在外国出生的拉丁裔女性中,较高的社会支持与较高的婴儿出生体重相关。文中讨论了文化价值观对人际关系和健康的影响。