TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental Health Among Mexican-Origin Immigrant Families
T2 - The Roles of Cumulative Sociodemographic Risk and Immigrant-Related Stress
AU - Santiago, Catherine De Carlo
AU - Distel, Laura M.L.
AU - Ros, Anna M.
AU - Brewer, Stephanie K.
AU - Torres, Stephanie A.
AU - Papadakis, Jaclyn Lennon
AU - Fuller, Anne K.
AU - Bustos, Yvita
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding This research was funded by the Foundation for Child Development under Grant No. LUC-1-13 (http://fcd-us.org; PI: Santiago).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - The current study examined the unique effects of cumulative sociodemographic risk and immigrant-related stress on mental health symptoms among Mexican-origin immigrant parents and their school-age children. Further, this study tested whether the effects of cumulative sociodemographic risk and immigrant-related stress on child mental health were mediated by parent mental health. Participants included 104 Mexican-origin immigrant families. Families in the study had a child between the ages of 6 and 10 (Mage = 8.39; 61% female). Data were collected across three time points spaced 6 months apart. Immigrant-related stress was found to predict parent mental health, which in turn predicted child mental health. Cumulative sociodemographic risk did not predict parent or child mental health. Mental health symptoms generally decreased over time, but for children, change in mental health symptoms depended on parent mental health symptoms. Given the high levels of mental health symptoms among Mexican-origin parents and children, reducing a context of stress and promoting mental health interventions for Mexican-origin immigrants is critical.
AB - The current study examined the unique effects of cumulative sociodemographic risk and immigrant-related stress on mental health symptoms among Mexican-origin immigrant parents and their school-age children. Further, this study tested whether the effects of cumulative sociodemographic risk and immigrant-related stress on child mental health were mediated by parent mental health. Participants included 104 Mexican-origin immigrant families. Families in the study had a child between the ages of 6 and 10 (Mage = 8.39; 61% female). Data were collected across three time points spaced 6 months apart. Immigrant-related stress was found to predict parent mental health, which in turn predicted child mental health. Cumulative sociodemographic risk did not predict parent or child mental health. Mental health symptoms generally decreased over time, but for children, change in mental health symptoms depended on parent mental health symptoms. Given the high levels of mental health symptoms among Mexican-origin parents and children, reducing a context of stress and promoting mental health interventions for Mexican-origin immigrants is critical.
KW - Cumulative risk
KW - Immigrant
KW - Mental health
KW - Parent psychopathology
KW - Stress
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U2 - 10.1007/s12552-018-9236-2
DO - 10.1007/s12552-018-9236-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85051301577
SN - 1867-1756
VL - 10
SP - 235
EP - 247
JO - Race and Social Problems
JF - Race and Social Problems
IS - 3
ER -
