A Cultural Approach to the Study of Latino Parenting

描述(申请人提供)：与其他种族的儿童和青少年相比，拉美裔儿童和青少年的行为问题和学业不及格率更高。拉美裔青年的发育结果似乎与家庭功能变量有关，特别是与育儿做法有关。然而，人们对拉美裔育儿方式以及拉美裔育儿方式与子女结果之间的关系的了解有限。此应用程序的目的是研究拉美裔学龄前儿童的育儿问题，使用文化知识的育儿框架，重点关注不同文化背景下的文化育儿价值观和拉丁裔母亲的价值驱动行为，以及传统的育儿框架，以预测儿童行为和学业前功能。了解可以预测拉美裔学龄前儿童行为和学习前功能的育儿做法，对于设计预防性干预措施至关重要，这些干预措施通过促进具体的育儿做法来增强拉美裔学龄前儿童的功能。这类服务是解决拉美裔和非拉美裔青年之间心理健康差距的关键。为了实现这些目标，职业发展计划将侧重于以下方面的培训：1)文化知情研究，2)民族志方法，3)行为观察和亲子互动编码，4)与测量发展、定性研究、模型测试和预防试验相关的统计方法和分析。培训将通过正式的课程作业、与导师和顾问的个别辅导以及参加有关TOJC的会议来完成。此外，这一培训计划还将得到一项研究计划的补充，该计划包括对文化育儿价值观的定性研究，将用于衡量发展，以及从文化和传统两个角度对拉丁裔育儿及其与儿童行为和学前教育功能的关系进行量化研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Latino children and adolescents have higher rates of behavior problems and academic failure compared with chilldren and adolescents from other ethnic groups. The developmental outcomes of Latino youth appear to be related to family functioning variables and to parenting practices in particular. Yet, there is limited understanding of Latino parenting and of the relation between Latino parenting and child outcomes. The purpose of this application is to study Latino parenting of preschool-aged children using a culturally informed framework of parenting that focuses on cultural childrearing values and Latina mothers' value-driven behavior in different cultural contexts, as well as a traditional framework of parenting, to predict child behavior and pre-academic functioning. An understanding of parenting practices that are predictive of child behavioral and pre-academic functioning in Latino preschoolers is critical in the design of preventive interventions that enhance functioning among Latino preschoolers by promoting specific parenting practices. Such services are key in addressing mental health disparities seen between Latino and non-Latino youth. To accomplish these goals, a career development plan will focus on training for the Candidate in: 1) culturally informed research, 2) ethnographic methodology, 3) behavioral observation and coding of parentchild interactions, and 4) statistical methods and analyses related to measure development, qualitative studies, model testing, and prevention trials. Training will be accomplished through formal coursework, individual tutorials with mentors and consultants, and participation in conferences on relevant topjcs. Moreover, this training plan will be supplemented by a research plan that includes a qualitative study of cultural childrearing values that will be used for measurement development and a quantitative study of Latino parenting, assessed from both cultural and traditional perspectives, and its relation to child behavior and pre-academic functioning.