Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Fam Process. 2023 Jun;62(2):687-701. doi: 10.1111/famp.12797. Epub 2022 Jun 13.
Latina/o immigrant mothers in the United States (U.S.) often experience discrimination, which results in deleterious impacts on their parenting practices. Because of the cumulative impact of immigration-related stress, there is a need for research aimed at identifying specific contextual stressors that have the greatest impact on Latina/o immigrant parenting. Further, given significant barriers to access mental health services, there is an urgency to comprehend how pre-existing family strengths might counteract these parenting shortcomings in Latina/o families. Accordingly, we examined in these investigation-specific pathways through which immigration-related stress affects maternal parenting practices, and how emotional and relational processes within families might act as predecessors to positive parenting practices within a context of adversity. This study is embedded within a larger program of research aimed at culturally adapting evidence-based parenting programs for low-income Latina/o immigrants. Our sample consisted of 71 Mexican-origin Latina/o mothers, residents of an urban setting in the Midwest. According to Bayesian estimated path analysis, immigration-related stress was associated with parenting stress and emotional support, while emotional support, parenting stress, and the co-parenting alliance were associated with positive parenting practices. Indirect effects demonstrate that immigration-related stress is negatively associated with positive parenting practices when mediated by parenting stress and emotional support. Current findings highlight the need to carefully examine the impact of immigration-related stress on the parenting practices of Latina/o immigrant families and the need to inform parent training interventions accordingly.
美国的拉丁裔移民母亲经常经历歧视，这对她们的育儿实践产生了有害影响。由于与移民相关的压力的累积影响，有必要研究确定对拉丁裔移民育儿影响最大的特定背景压力源。此外，由于获得心理健康服务的障碍很大，因此迫切需要了解预先存在的家庭优势如何在拉丁裔家庭中克服这些育儿缺陷。因此，我们在这些研究中探讨了移民相关压力影响母亲育儿实践的具体途径，以及家庭内部的情感和关系过程如何在逆境中充当积极育儿实践的前兆。这项研究是在一个更大的研究计划中进行的，该计划旨在为低收入拉丁裔移民进行基于证据的育儿计划的文化适应。我们的样本包括 71 名来自墨西哥的拉丁裔母亲，她们是中西部一个城市地区的居民。根据贝叶斯估计路径分析，与移民有关的压力与育儿压力和情感支持有关，而情感支持、育儿压力和共同育儿联盟与积极的育儿实践有关。间接效应表明，当通过育儿压力和情感支持来中介时，与移民有关的压力与积极的育儿实践呈负相关。目前的研究结果强调了需要仔细研究与移民相关的压力对拉丁裔移民家庭育儿实践的影响，并相应地告知家长培训干预措施。
