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CULTURAL DIVERSITY & ETHNIC MINORITY PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 155-162Publisher
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.14.2.155
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familialism; Latinas; social support; stress; pregnancy
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- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD029553, R01 HD 29553, R01 HD051852-01A1, R01 HD051852] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [T32 MH 15750-25, T32 MH015750] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS041298-05, R01 NS041298] Funding Source: Medline
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This study examined the association of familialism, a cultural value that emphasizes close family relationships, with social Support, stress, pregnancy anxiety, and infant birth weight. Foreign-born Latina (n = 31), U.S.-born Latina (n = 68), and European American (n = 166) women living in the United States participated in a prospective study of pregnancy in which they completed measures of familialism, social support, stress, and pregnancy anxiety during their second trimester. As expected, Latinas scored higher on familialism than European Americans. Familialism was positively correlated with social support and negatively correlated with stress and pregnancy anxiety in the overall sample. As predicted, however, the associations of familialism with social support and stress were significantly stronger among Latinas than European Americans. Moreover, higher social Support was associated with higher infant birth weight among foreign-born Latinas; only. Implications of cultural values for relationships and health are discussed.
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