TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnicity and social support during pregnancy
AU - Sagrestano, Lynda M.
AU - Feldman, Pamela
AU - Rini, Christine Marie
AU - Woo, Grace
AU - Dunkel-Schetter, Christine
N1 - Funding Information:
1The research reported in this article was conducted through the generous support of the National Institute of Health (R01 HD 29553 and R01 HD28413). Lynda M. Sagrestano, Pamela Feldman, and Christine Killingsworth Rini were supported by the NIMH Health Psychology Training Program at UCLA (MH15750). Dr. Sagrestano was also supported by the NIMH Prevention Research Training Program in Urban Children's Mental Health and AIDS Prevention at the University of Illinois at Chicago (MH19933). Dr. Feldman was also supported by the NIMH Training Program in Health Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University (MH19953). 2Correspondenceconcerning this article should be addressed to Lynda M. Sagrestano, Department of Psychology, Mailcode 6502, Southern Illinois University,Carbondale, Illinois 62901.
PY - 1999/12
Y1 - 1999/12
N2 - Data from two multi-ethnic prospective studies of African American, Latina, and non-Hispanic White pregnant women were used to examine the influence of contextual factors on social support processes during pregnancy. Multiple types of support (perceived support, received support, support satisfaction, network support) and sources of support (baby's father, family, friends) were assessed. The role of ethnicity in social support was examined after controlling for the contribution of related contextual factors (SES, marital status, age, parity, employment) to these processes. The impact of ethnicity and related contextual factors differed across sources of social support. Ethnic differences in support from family and friends, but not from the baby's father, emerged. However, marital status was a consistent predictor of support from the baby's father, and SES was a consistent predictor of support from friends. Overall, the findings of two studies suggest that although ethnicity is associated with support from friends and family, other contextual factors, such as marital status and SES, influence support processes during pregnancy.
AB - Data from two multi-ethnic prospective studies of African American, Latina, and non-Hispanic White pregnant women were used to examine the influence of contextual factors on social support processes during pregnancy. Multiple types of support (perceived support, received support, support satisfaction, network support) and sources of support (baby's father, family, friends) were assessed. The role of ethnicity in social support was examined after controlling for the contribution of related contextual factors (SES, marital status, age, parity, employment) to these processes. The impact of ethnicity and related contextual factors differed across sources of social support. Ethnic differences in support from family and friends, but not from the baby's father, emerged. However, marital status was a consistent predictor of support from the baby's father, and SES was a consistent predictor of support from friends. Overall, the findings of two studies suggest that although ethnicity is associated with support from friends and family, other contextual factors, such as marital status and SES, influence support processes during pregnancy.
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Social support
KW - Socioeconomic status
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1022266726892
DO - 10.1023/A:1022266726892
M3 - Article
C2 - 10723538
AN - SCOPUS:0033255533
SN - 0091-0562
VL - 27
SP - 869
EP - 898
JO - American Journal of Community Psychology
JF - American Journal of Community Psychology
IS - 6
ER -
