Varela R Enrique, Sanchez-Sosa Juan Jose, Biggs Bridget K, Luis Timothy M
Department of Psychology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, United States.
J Anxiety Disord. 2009 Jun;23(5):609-16. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.01.012. Epub 2009 Jan 29.
This study examined the relationship between anxiety in Latin American children and Latino cultural schemas, parenting strategies, being an ethnic minority, and assimilation. Latin American (n=72; LA) and white European-American (n=46; EA) children living in the U.S., Mexican children living in Mexico (n=99; M), and at least one parent per family (n=283) were administered measures assessing anxiety, parenting strategies, collectivism, family cohesion, simpatia, parent-child communication, and assimilation. M and LA children expressed more anxiety symptoms than EA children. More mother control and less father acceptance were associated with childhood anxiety across all three groups. However, father control was associated with more anxiety for the EA group but not the MA group, and mother acceptance was associated with more anxiety for the EA and MA groups but with less anxiety for the M group. Family cohesion was negatively associated with children's anxiety independent of ethnic group. Finally, differing from parents in assimilation did not influence LA children's anxiety.
本研究考察了拉丁裔儿童的焦虑与拉丁裔文化模式、育儿策略、作为少数族裔的身份以及同化之间的关系。对居住在美国的拉丁裔儿童（n = 72；LA）和欧洲裔美国白人儿童（n = 46；EA）、居住在墨西哥的墨西哥儿童（n = 99；M）以及每个家庭至少一位家长（n = 283）进行了评估焦虑、育儿策略、集体主义、家庭凝聚力、热情、亲子沟通和同化情况的测量。墨西哥儿童和拉丁裔儿童比欧洲裔美国白人儿童表现出更多的焦虑症状。在所有三组中，更多的母亲控制和更少的父亲接纳与儿童焦虑相关。然而，父亲控制与欧洲裔美国白人儿童组的更多焦虑相关，但与墨西哥儿童组无关；母亲接纳与欧洲裔美国白人儿童组和墨西哥儿童组的更多焦虑相关，但与墨西哥儿童组的更少焦虑相关。家庭凝聚力与儿童焦虑呈负相关，且不受种族群体影响。最后，与父母在同化方面的差异并未影响拉丁裔儿童的焦虑。
