A Cultural Approach to the Study of Latino Parenting

描述（由申请人提供）：与其他种族的儿童和青少年相比，拉丁裔儿童和青少年的行为问题和学业不及格率更高。拉丁裔青年的发展结果似乎与家庭功能变量有关，特别是与父母的做法有关。然而，人们对拉丁裔父母的养育方式以及拉丁裔父母养育方式与儿童结局之间的关系了解有限。本应用程序的目的是研究拉丁裔学龄前儿童的养育方式，使用文化知情的养育框架，重点关注文化儿童价值观和拉丁裔母亲在不同文化背景下的价值驱动行为，以及传统的养育框架，以预测儿童行为和学业前功能。了解可以预测拉丁裔学龄前儿童行为和学业前功能的父母做法，对于设计预防干预措施至关重要，通过促进具体的父母做法，提高拉丁裔学龄前儿童的功能。这些服务是解决拉丁裔和非拉丁裔青年之间心理健康差异的关键。为了实现这些目标，职业发展计划将侧重于对候选人的培训：1)文化信息研究，2)民族志方法论，3)行为观察和父母与子女互动的编码，以及4)与测量开发、定性研究、模型测试和预防试验相关的统计方法和分析。培训将通过正式课程、导师和顾问的个别辅导以及参加有关主题的会议来完成。此外，这项培训计划还将辅以一项研究计划，其中包括将用于衡量发展的文化儿童养育价值的定性研究和拉丁裔儿童养育的定量研究，从文化和传统角度进行评估，以及其与儿童行为和学业前功能的关系。

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.