The costs of getting ahead: Mexican family system changes after immigration
The costs of getting ahead: Mexican family system changes after immigration
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00439.x
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
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影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Smokowski, Paul R.
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作者：
Bacallao, Martica L.;Smokowski, Paul R.
本研究探讨移民如何影响墨西哥家庭关系。对来自10个无证墨西哥家庭的12名青少年和14名父母进行了定性访谈。参与者在过去7年内移民到北卡罗来纳州。一个使用扎根理论方法从数据中得出的概念模型表明，移民后，由于要求新的工作和母亲进入劳动力市场，父母陪伴孩子的时间减少了。与家人在一起的时间减少与青少年的孤独、孤立和冒险行为有关。为了应对感知到的环境威胁，墨西哥父母变得专制，加剧了父母与青少年之间的冲突。父母与青少年的文化适应差距被视为一种资产，因为青少年帮助父母在新的文化体系中导航。家庭通过保持高度的家庭主义和制定文化传统来应对移民后的变化。
This study explored how immigration influenced Mexican family relationships. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 12 adolescents and 14 parents from 10 undocumented Mexican families. Participants immigrated to North Carolina within the past 7 years. A conceptual model derived from the data using grounded theory methods suggested that, after immigration, parents had less time to spend with children because of demanding new jobs and mothers entering the work force. Decreased time as a family was associated with adolescents' loneliness, isolation, and risk-taking behavior. In response to perceived environmental threats, Mexican parents became authoritarian, precipitating parent-adolescent conflict. Parent-adolescent acculturation gaps were viewed as an asset as adolescents helped parents navigate within the new cultural system. Families coped with postimmigration changes by maintaining high levels of familism and enacting cultural traditions.