Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America.
Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2019 Apr 10;14(4):e0214117. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214117. eCollection 2019.
Latinx in the United States have greater life expectancy than other groups, in spite of their socioeconomic and psychosocial disadvantage. This phenomenon has been described as the Latinx health paradox. This investigation observed the interplay of cultural processes and social networks to shed light on this paradox. Latina (N = 26) and White-European (N = 24) mothers wore a digital recorder as they went about their daily lives. Four conversation styles were characterized from the recordings to measure the mothers' quality of their conversations (small talk and substantive conversations) within different social networks (with the father vs. other adults). As a positive indicator of well-being, laughter was assessed during the conversations. Results demonstrated that Latina mothers tend to laugh more than White-European mothers; and that this relation is mediated by substantive conversations with others. This suggests that Latinas' cultural processes afford meaningful conversations, which relates to more behavioral laughter, a process that may have positive implications on well-being.
在美国，拉丁裔的预期寿命高于其他群体，尽管他们在社会经济和心理社会方面处于不利地位。这种现象被描述为拉丁裔健康悖论。本研究观察了文化过程和社交网络的相互作用，以阐明这一悖论。拉丁裔（N=26）和白种欧洲裔（N=24）母亲在日常生活中佩戴数字记录仪。从录音中提取出四种对话风格，以衡量母亲在不同社交网络（与父亲相比与其他成年人）中对话的质量（闲聊和实质性对话）。笑声是幸福感的一个积极指标，在对话中进行了评估。结果表明，拉丁裔母亲比白种欧洲裔母亲更倾向于发笑；而且这种关系是通过与他人进行实质性对话来介导的。这表明拉丁裔的文化过程提供了有意义的对话，这与更多的行为性笑声有关，这一过程可能对幸福感产生积极影响。
