Sanchez Delida, Whittaker Tiffany A, Hamilton Emma, Zayas Luis H
Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin.
School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2016 Jul;22(3):395-407. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000066. Epub 2015 Aug 31.
This study explored the relation between perceived discrimination and sexual precursor behaviors among 205 Mexican American preadolescent middle school girls. In addition, this study examined whether psychological distress and sexual attitudes mediated and whether marianismo beliefs moderated this relation.
A categorical confirmatory factor analysis (CCFA) of the Marianismo Beliefs Scale (MBS) was conducted to test the factor structure with a preadolescent Mexican American population (ages 11-14). A path analysis of analytic models was then performed to examine the hypothesized relations between perceived discrimination, psychological distress, sexual attitudes, marianismo beliefs, and sexual precursor behaviors.
Results of the CCFA did not support the original 5-factor structure of the MBS for preadolescent Latina girls. However, a revised version of the MBS indicated an acceptable model fit, and findings from the path analysis indicated that perceived discrimination was both directly and indirectly linked to sexual precursor behaviors via psychological distress. Marianismo was not found to moderate the relation between perceived discrimination and sexual risk behaviors, however certain marianismo pillars were significantly negatively linked with sexual attitudes and precursor behaviors.
This study underscores the importance of psychological distress in the perceived discrimination and sexual precursor link as well as the compensatory aspects of marianismo against sexual precursor behaviors in Mexican American preadolescent girls. (PsycINFO Database Record
本研究探讨了205名墨西哥裔美国青春期前初中女生中感知到的歧视与性前期行为之间的关系。此外，本研究还考察了心理困扰和性态度是否起到中介作用，以及圣母主义信仰是否调节了这种关系。
对圣母主义信仰量表（MBS）进行分类验证性因素分析（CCFA），以检验该量表在墨西哥裔美国青春期前人群（11 - 14岁）中的因素结构。然后对分析模型进行路径分析，以检验感知到的歧视、心理困扰、性态度、圣母主义信仰和性前期行为之间的假设关系。
CCFA的结果不支持MBS最初的五因素结构适用于青春期前的拉丁裔女孩。然而，MBS的修订版显示出可接受的模型拟合度，路径分析的结果表明，感知到的歧视通过心理困扰与性前期行为直接和间接相关。未发现圣母主义调节感知到的歧视与性风险行为之间的关系，然而某些圣母主义支柱与性态度和前期行为显著负相关。
本研究强调了心理困扰在感知到的歧视与性前期行为联系中的重要性，以及圣母主义对墨西哥裔美国青春期前女孩性前期行为的补偿作用。（PsycINFO数据库记录 ）
