Family relations and the adjustment of young children of Mexican descent: Do family cultural values moderate these associations?
Family relations and the adjustment of young children of Mexican descent: Do family cultural values moderate these associations?
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00429.x
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
Modry-Mandell, Kerri
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作者：
Gamble, Wendy C.;Modry-Mandell, Kerri
本研究考察了家庭文化价值观在家庭关系与幼儿适应之间的调节作用。在西南地区，55个有孩子的墨西哥裔家庭参加了启智计划。母亲提供了关于母子关系的亲密程度、兄弟姐妹关系中的温暖程度、儿童行为问题、家庭主义和同情，或两种与墨西哥裔家庭相关的文化价值观的信息。6个月后，幼儿教师提供儿童情绪调节和社会功能方面的信息。研究发现，家庭主义起到了调节作用，因此，家庭关系中的温暖和亲密，加上对家庭文化价值的认可，与这些关系特征相辅相成，与幼儿园课堂上更理想的功能有关。结果表明，有必要将家庭文化价值观或信仰体系与家庭关系的质量结合起来，作为儿童发展结果的决定因素进行评估。具体来说，家庭主义作为一种能够促进幼儿在家庭环境内外进行调整的家庭特征而出现。
This study examined the role of family cultural values as moderators of the association between family relations and the adjustment of young children. Fifty-five families of Mexican descent with young children enrolled in Head Start programs in the Southwest participated. Mothers provided information about closeness of the mother-child relationship, warmth in the sibling relationship, child behavior problems, and familism and simpatia, or two cultural values associated with families of Mexican origin. The children's preschool teachers provided information about child emotional adjustment and social functioning with peers six months later. Familism was found to act as a moderator, whereby warmth and closeness in family relationships coupled with the endorsement of a family cultural value that complements these relationship characteristics was associated with more optimal functioning in preschool classrooms. Results demonstrate the need to evaluate family cultural values or beliefs systems in conjunction with qualities of family relationships as determinants of children's developmental outcomes. Specifically, familism emerged as a family characteristic capable of promoting young children's adjustment within and beyond the family context.