Acculturation and family cohesiveness in Mexican American pregnant women: Social and Health implications
Acculturation and family cohesiveness in Mexican American pregnant women: Social and Health implications
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DOI：
10.1097/00003727-199710000-00004
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发表时间：
1997-10-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Krull, JL
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作者：
Balcazar, H;Peterson, GW;Krull, JL
本文介绍了一个分类系统的基础上的文化适应状态和家庭凝聚力，并探讨在何种程度上，这些变量可能会决定暴露于高文化适应压力，社会孤立，与健康相关的风险行为之间的墨西哥裔美国孕妇。亚利桑那州围产期文化适应项目的实证数据被用来测试存在的文化适应效应，家庭凝聚力的影响，和传统主义的影响，一系列的因变量，包括：社会经济地位，文化适应压力，应对策略，社会支持，怀孕的风险因素。从假设的对比得到的结果产生了几个感兴趣的模式，从研究的变量。根据这一分类系统制定了一个类型学，以说明这四个类别中每一类别的共同特点和人口模式。与这些亚组相关的特征表明，医疗保健系统可能会作出适当的反应，以满足墨西哥裔美国妇女的健康需求。
This article describes a classification system based on acculturation status and family cohesiveness and examines the extent to which these variables may determine the degree of exposure to high acculturative stress, social isolation, and health-related risk behaviors among Mexican American pregnant women. Empirical data from the Arizona Perinatal Acculturation Project was used to test the presence of an acculturation effect, a family cohesiveness effect, and a traditionalism effect, on a series of dependent variables including: socioeconomic status, acculturative stress, coping strategies, social support, and pregnancy risk factors. The results obtained from the postulated contrasts yielded several patterns of interest from the variables studied. A typology derived from the classification system was developed to illustrate common characteristics and demographic patterns within each of the four categories. Characteristics that are associated with these subgroups suggest how the health care system might respond appropriately to meet the health needs of subgroups of Mexican American women.