Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 904 W Nevada St., Urbana, IL, USA.
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2019 Aug;21(4):778-786. doi: 10.1007/s10903-018-0810-x.
This study explored the adjustment phase of the resiliency model of family adjustment and adaptation, particularly how stress and food insecurity interact with protective mechanisms to influence children's dietary adjustment. With increasing rates of Hispanic childhood obesity and disproportionate health disparities, this is an issue that must be better understood. Altogether, 137 Mexican immigrant mothers from Illinois and California completed questionnaires reporting their stressors, protective mechanisms, and family health behaviors. Multiple regression analyses revealed that higher perceived stress levels for mothers predicted non-nutritive snacking reasons. Furthermore, mother's dietary patterns predicted child's poor dietary quality. Taken together, maternal stressors play a role in family health behaviors, and future studies should consider household food environment factors when trying to understand protective mechanisms for families.
本研究探讨了家庭适应和调整弹性模型的调整阶段，特别是压力和粮食不安全如何与保护机制相互作用，从而影响儿童的饮食调整。随着西班牙裔儿童肥胖率的上升和不成比例的健康差距，这是一个必须更好理解的问题。共有 137 名来自伊利诺伊州和加利福尼亚州的墨西哥移民母亲完成了问卷，报告了她们的压力源、保护机制和家庭健康行为。多元回归分析显示，母亲感知到的压力水平越高，表明非营养性零食的原因就越多。此外，母亲的饮食模式也预示着孩子的饮食质量较差。总的来说，母亲的压力源在家庭健康行为中起着重要作用，未来的研究在试图理解家庭的保护机制时，应该考虑家庭粮食环境因素。
