Boston College School of Social Work, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA.
Departments of Kinesiology, Health Education, and Educational Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA.
Fam Process. 2024 Jun;63(2):843-864. doi: 10.1111/famp.12998. Epub 2024 Apr 17.
Hurricane María caused significant devastation on the island of Puerto Rico, impacting thousands of lives. Puerto Rican crisis migrant families faced stress related to displacement and relocation (cultural stress), often exhibited mental health symptoms, and experienced distress at the family level. Although cultural stress has been examined as an individual experience, little work has focused on the experience as a family. To address this gap, we conducted a mixed-methods study designed to examine the predictive effects of cultural stress on family conflict and its mental health implications among Puerto Rican Hurricane María parent and child dyads living on the U.S. mainland. In the quantitative phase of the study, 110 parent-child dyads completed an online survey assessing cultural stress, family dynamics, and mental health. As part of our primary analysis, we estimated a structural equation path model. Findings from the quantitative phase showed a significant positive relationship between family cultural stress and family conflict, as well as individual parent and child mental health symptoms. In the qualitative phase of the study, 35 parent-child dyads participated in individual interviews. Findings from the interviews revealed variations in difficulties related to language, discrimination, and financial burdens, with some participants adapting more quickly and experiencing fewer stressors. Findings also highlight the impact on mental health for both parents and youth, emphasizing the family-level nature of cultural stress, while noting a potential discrepancy between qualitative and quantitative findings in the discussion of family conflict.
飓风玛丽亚在波多黎各岛上造成了重大破坏，影响了数千人的生命。波多黎各危机移民家庭面临着与流离失所和搬迁相关的压力（文化压力），经常表现出心理健康症状，并在家庭层面感到痛苦。尽管文化压力已经被作为个体经历进行了研究，但很少有工作关注作为家庭的经历。为了解决这一差距，我们进行了一项混合方法研究，旨在研究文化压力对生活在美国大陆的波多黎各玛丽亚飓风父母-子女二人组家庭冲突及其心理健康的预测影响。在研究的定量阶段，110 对父母-子女二人组完成了一项在线调查，评估文化压力、家庭动态和心理健康。作为我们主要分析的一部分，我们估计了一个结构方程路径模型。定量阶段的研究结果表明，家庭文化压力与家庭冲突以及个体父母和儿童的心理健康症状之间存在显著的正相关关系。在研究的定性阶段，35 对父母-子女二人组参加了个人访谈。访谈结果揭示了与语言、歧视和经济负担相关的困难存在差异，一些参与者适应得更快，经历的压力源更少。研究结果还强调了文化压力对父母和青少年心理健康的影响，强调了文化压力的家庭层面性质，同时在讨论家庭冲突时注意到定性和定量结果之间可能存在差异。
