Latina/o Children Living With an Immigrant Mother With Depression: Developmental and Cultural Nuances in Recognition and Coping.
Latina/o Children Living With an Immigrant Mother With Depression: Developmental and Cultural Nuances in Recognition and Coping.
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与患有抑郁症的移民母亲生活在一起的拉丁裔/o 儿童：认知和应对方面的发展和文化细微差别。
DOI：
10.1111/famp.12398
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发表时间：
2019
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
D'Costa,Stephanie
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作者：
Valdez,CarmenR;Raines,ChristopherR;Davies,KevinD;D'Costa,Stephanie
产妇抑郁的心理体验及其对拉美裔移民家庭的影响往往得不到承认和解决。孩子们可能会对他们观察到的母亲情绪和行为的变化，以及对家庭关系的恶化感到特别无助和困惑。鉴于拉美裔移民家庭家庭结构的相互依存性，产妇抑郁可能不利于拉美裔青年的归因和应对策略，也不利于他们与母亲的关系。在拉丁裔/o样本中，大多数关于母亲抑郁的研究的量化重点限制了我们对母亲抑郁的家庭过程的理解。目前的定性研究探索了母亲抑郁对拉美裔青少年归因和应对策略的感知影响。这项调查涉及12名9-16岁的参与者的焦点小组，以探索他们对母亲抑郁的看法。所有青年都参加了为期12周的多家庭小组干预，重点是建立家庭和文化力量，以解决拉丁裔移民家庭的产妇抑郁问题。焦点小组的调查结果阐明了患有母亲抑郁的青年的基本经历，并表明青年如何认识和理解母亲抑郁的意义，以及如何应对中断的家庭生活，都有发展方面的考虑。此外，据报告，青年采取了这些特定于文化的应对方式：利用亲密的兄弟姐妹关系和家庭结构作为支持，让父亲和大家庭成员参与额外的恢复性育儿实践，以及参加宗教实践以寻求躲避家庭压力。我们提出了干预措施和进一步研究领域的考虑。
The psychological experience of maternal depression and its impact on immigrant Latina/o families often goes unrecognized and unaddressed. Children may feel especially helpless and confused about the changes they observe in their mothers’ mood and behavior, and about the deterioration of family relationships. Given the interdependence of family structures of immigrant Latina/o households, maternal depression can be detrimental to Latina/o youth attributions and coping strategies, and to their relationship with their mothers. The quantitative focus of most research on maternal depression in Latina/o samples limits our understanding of family processes in maternal depression. The current qualitative study explores the perceived impact of maternal depression on Latina/o youths’ attributions and coping strategies. This inquiry involved focus groups with 12 participants aged 9–16 years to explore their perspectives on maternal depression. All youth had participated in a 12‐week multifamily group intervention focused on building family and cultural strengths to address maternal depression on immigrant Latina/o families. Findings of the focus groups illuminated the essential experience of youth living with maternal depression, and indicated that there are developmental considerations for how youth recognize and make meaning of maternal depression, and cope with disrupted family life. Additionally, youth reported engaging in these culture‐specific ways of coping: using close sibling relationships and family structure as support, having fathers and extended family members engage in additional and restorative parenting practices, and participating in religious practices to seek refuge from family stress. We propose considerations for intervention and further areas of research.