Racial/ethnic differences in caregiver strain and perceived social support among parents of youth with emotional and behavioral problems.
Racial/ethnic differences in caregiver strain and perceived social support among parents of youth with emotional and behavioral problems.
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10.1023/a:1024439317884
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2003-09-01
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Hough, Richard
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McCabe, Kristen M;Yeh, May;Hough, Richard
本研究探讨了几个假设相关的种族/民族的变化，照顾者的压力和感知的社会支持的父母照顾儿童的情绪/行为问题。从护理模式（POC）的研究，其中绘制了一个分层的高风险的青年积极的5个公共部门的护理，一个子样本的青年被用来测试这些假设。当控制青年年龄，父母的教育，存在于酒精/药物或心理健康（ADM）部门，和儿童问题的严重程度，非裔美国人报告显着降低照顾者的压力，然后没有非西班牙裔白人（NHWs），而亚洲/太平洋岛民（API）和拉丁美洲人没有显着不同的NHWs。与预测相反，非裔美国人和非裔美国人报告的感知社会支持显着低于非裔美国人，而拉丁裔美国人与非裔美国人没有显着差异。当感知的社会支持被控制，非洲裔美国人和API父母的倾向，报告较低的照顾者的压力比NHWs变得更加明显。因此，感知社会支持的差异并不能解释非裔美国人较低的照顾者压力。其他文化变量，如家庭主义和宽容，应检查，以确定过程中，导致减少感知照顾者的压力在非洲裔美国人的父母照顾儿童的情绪/行为问题。
This study examined several hypotheses related to racial/ethnic variations in caregiver strain and perceived social support among parents caring for children with emotional/behavioral problems. A subsample of youth from the Patterns of Care (POC) study, which drew a stratified random sample of high-risk youth active to 1 of 5 public sectors of care, was used to test these hypotheses. When controlling for youth age, parental education, presence in an alcohol/drug or mental health (ADM) sector, and severity of child problems, African Americans reported significantly lower caregiver strain then did non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs), whereas Asian/Pacific Islanders (APIs) and Latinos did not differ significantly from NHWs. Contrary to prediction, both African Americans and APIs reported significantly lower perceived social support than NHWs, whereas Latinos did not differ significantly from NHWs. When perceived social support was controlled, the tendency of African American and API parents to report lower caregiver strain than NHWs became more pronounced. Thus, differences in perceived social support did not explain African Americans' lower caregiver strain. Other cultural variables such as familism and tolerance should be examined to identify processes that result in reduced perception of caregiver strain among African American parents caring for children with emotional/behavioral problems.