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Gutierrez, Jeannie; Sameroff, Arnold – Child Development, 1990
Results from this study on mothers' conceptions of child development suggest a complex picture of diversity in Mexican-American mothers who retain values and beliefs from their own culture and take on values and beliefs of the American culture. (PCB)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Biculturalism, Child Development
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Ispa, Jean M.; Fine, Mark A.; Halgunseth, Linda C.; Harper, Scott; Robinson, JoAnn; Boyce, Lisa; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Brady-Smith, Christy – Child Development, 2004
The present study investigated the extent to which maternal intrusiveness and warmth during play, observed in 579 European American, 412 African American, and 110 more and 131 less acculturated Mexican American low-income families when children were approximately 15 months old, predicted 3 dimensions of the mother-toddler relationship 10 months…
Descriptors: African Americans, Parent Child Relationship, Low Income Groups, Mexican Americans
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Parke, Ross D.; Coltrane, Scott; Duffy, Sharon; Buriel, Raymond; Dennis, Jessica; Powers, Justina; French, Sabine; Widaman, Keith F. – Child Development, 2004
To assess the impact of economic hardship on 111 European American and 167 Mexican American families and their 5th-grade (M age 11.4 years) children, a family stress model was evaluated. Structural equation analyses revealed that economic hardship was linked to indexes of economic pressure that were related to depressive symptoms for mothers and…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Marital Instability, Depression (Psychology), Mexican Americans