David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, School of Social Work, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States of America.
College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2023 Nov 29;18(11):e0293594. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293594. eCollection 2023.
The Asian immigrant population is the fourth largest immigrant population in the United States, and its parenting stress issues have been consistently recognized in previous studies. However, little attention has been paid to neighborhood-level factors and their parenting stress. Using the Study of Asian American Families and 2016 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, this study examined the association between neighborhood structural indexes and Asian immigrant parents' parenting stress, along with the mechanism driving the relationship. We found that cultural orientation and social support fully mediated the effects of economic disadvantages on parenting stress among Asian immigrant parents. Only cultural orientation mediated the direct effects of ethnic heterogeneity on Asian parents' parenting stress. Improving Asian immigrants' living environment, including economic status and ethnic diversity, would be critical to relieve the parenting stress of Asian immigrant families. Interventions and preventions to increase social support, and inform cultural orientation and acculturation are emphasized.
亚裔移民人口是美国第四大移民群体，其育儿压力问题在以往研究中一直受到关注。然而，很少有研究关注邻里层面的因素及其对育儿压力的影响。本研究利用美国家庭亚裔研究和 2016 年美国社区调查 5 年数据，考察了邻里结构指标与亚裔移民父母育儿压力之间的关系，以及其中的作用机制。研究发现，文化取向和社会支持完全中介了经济劣势对亚裔移民父母育儿压力的影响。只有文化取向中介了族裔异质性对亚裔父母育儿压力的直接影响。改善亚裔移民的生活环境，包括经济状况和族裔多样性，对于缓解亚裔移民家庭的育儿压力至关重要。研究强调了通过干预和预防措施来增加社会支持、提高文化取向和促进文化适应的重要性。
