Ethnicity and nativity status as determinants of perceived social support: Testing the concept of familism
Ethnicity and nativity status as determinants of perceived social support: Testing the concept of familism
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.029
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发表时间：
2009-05-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Subramanian, S. V.
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作者：
Almeida, Joanna;Molnar, Beth E.;Subramanian, S. V.
研究表明，社会支持对健康有保护作用。社会支持通常被视为一个独立变量。然而，与不是随机分布的疾病风险因素一样，促进健康的资源，如社会支持，也是有系统的模式。例如，在美国，拉丁美洲人，尤其是墨西哥裔美国人的家庭支持度被认为很高。利用芝加哥社区人类发展项目的数据，我们探讨了种族/出生状况、社会经济地位（SES）和来自家庭和朋友的社会支持之间的关系。我们还评估了文化保留在社会支持中的作用——以在家使用的主要语言来衡量。最后，我们检验了社会经济地位是否调节了种族/出生状况与社会支持之间的关系。外国和美国出生的拉丁裔，尤其是外国出生的墨西哥人。与非拉丁裔白人相比，他们的家庭支持度更高。在家里使用的主要语言似乎可以解释种族/出生与家庭社会支持之间的关系。在墨西哥出生的和在美国出生的拉丁裔移民在较高的经济地位水平下，来自家庭的社会支持较低。与非拉丁裔白人相比，每个少数族裔群体对朋友支持的看法都较低。在社会经济地位较高的人群中，来自朋友的主观支持有很强的社会经济地位梯度。这项研究为以下观点提供了证据：在美国的拉丁裔人，特别是在外国出生的墨西哥人，可能比非拉丁裔白人更依赖家庭关系获得支持。研究结果还有助于确定种族/出生状况、主要语言和社会经济地位是社会支持的决定因素。具体地说，拉丁裔移民中较高的家庭社会支持可能是由于文化的保留。社会经济地位的影响修正表明，低社会经济地位和高社会经济地位的拉美裔人在传统的家庭主义价值观方面可能存在差异。2009爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Research has demonstrated a protective effect of social support on health, Social support is most often treated as an independent variable. However, as with disease risk factors, which are not randomly distributed, health-promoting resources such as social support are also systematically patterned. For example, in the USA, family support is thought to be high among Latinos, Mexican Americans in particular. Using data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, we explored the relationships between ethnicity/nativity status, socioeconomic status (SES) and perceived social support from family and friends. We also assessed the role of retention of culture-measured as primary language spoken at home-on social support. Finally, we tested whether SES moderated the relationship between ethnicity/nativity status and social support. Foreign and US-born Latinos, most notably, foreign-born Mexicans. reported higher family support compared to non-Latino whites. Primary language spoken at home seems to account for the relationship between ethnicity/nativity and familial social support. Mexican-born and US-born Latino immigrants reported lower social support from family at higher levels of SES. Each ethnic minority group reported lower perception of friend support compared to non-Latino whites. There was a strong SES gradient in subjective support from friends with higher support reported among those with higher SES. This study provides evidence for the notion that Latinos in the USA, specifically foreign-born Mexicans, may rely on family ties for support more than do non-Latino whites. Findings also help identify ethnicity/nativity status, primary language spoken and SES as determinants of social support. Specifically, the higher familial social support found among Latino immigrants may be due to retention of culture. Effect modification by SES suggests that Latinos of lower and higher SES may differ with regard to the traditionally-held value of familism. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.