Always Aware (Siempre Pendiente): Latina Mothers' Parenting in High-Risk Neighborhoods
Always Aware (Siempre Pendiente): Latina Mothers' Parenting in High-Risk Neighborhoods
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DOI：
10.1037/a0029584
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发表时间：
2012-10-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Epstein-Ngo, Quyen
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作者：
Ceballo, Rosario;Kennedy, Traci M.;Epstein-Ngo, Quyen
贫穷的母亲要应付众多的经济和环境压力，这些压力可能会严重加重她们养育子女的资源负担。这项研究依赖于定性访谈49低收入的拉丁裔母亲，以探讨如何养育的做法时，面对邻里贫困和社区暴力的威胁。在访谈中出现了关于母亲养育子女方式的几个主题。首先，在我们的样本中，拉丁裔母亲依赖于文献中先前确定的三种策略：（a）严格监控，（B）从邻居中退出身体和/或社会，以及（c）参与积极的，丰富的儿童活动。与这些战略相一致，这些母亲还强调了以下方面的重要性：（d）建立强有力的亲子沟通，这是在具有挑战性的环境中有效养育子女的关键。此外，还确定了两个总体的、文化上突出的父母目标：（a）培养子女的教育原则和（B）保持父母对子女身体和情感状态的敏锐认识。我们的研究结果阐明了伴随着低收入拉丁裔母亲的育儿实践的文化特定意义，并强调了适应父母的文化敏感的干预措施的重要性。
Poor mothers contend with numerous economic and environmental stressors that may severely tax their resources for parenting. This study relied on qualitative interviews with 49 low-income Latina mothers to examine how parenting practices are used when facing neighborhood poverty and the threat of community violence. Several themes emerged in the interviews regarding mothers' approaches to parenting. First, Latina mothers in our sample relied on three strategies previously identified in the literature: (a) strict monitoring, (b) physical and/or social withdrawal from the neighborhood, and (c) engagement in positive, enriching activities for children. In concert with these strategies, these mothers also emphasized the importance of (d) establishing strong parent-child communication as essential to effective parenting in challenging environments. Furthermore, two overarching, culturally salient parental goals were identified: (a) fostering principles of educacion in their children and (b) maintaining astute parental awareness (estar pendiente) of children's physical as well as emotional states. Our findings illuminated culturally specific meanings that accompany parenting practices for low-income Latina mothers and underscored the importance of adapting culturally sensitive interventions for parents.