ERIC Number: EJ959320
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Publication Date: 2012-Apr
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Familism, Interparental Conflict, and Parenting in Mexican-Origin Families: A Cultural-Contextual Framework
Taylor, Zoe E.; Larsen-Rife, Dannelle; Conger, Rand D.; Widaman, Keith F.
Journal of Marriage and Family, v74 n2 p312-327 Apr 2012
The present investigation examined the relations between the cultural belief of familism and various aspects of family functioning and child adjustment, including interparental conflict, parenting, and children's attachment to school, in a sample of 549 two-parent Mexican-origin families. The results indicated that parents' familistic values were negatively associated with interparental conflict for both mothers and fathers. Parents' familistic values were also indirectly associated with parenting through the marital relationship. Interparental conflict was negatively associated with nurturant-involved parenting for both parents, but particularly for fathers. Interparental conflict had an indirect negative effect on children's attachment to school via mothers' and fathers' nurturant-involved parenting. Both paternal and maternal nurturant-involved parenting behaviors were positively associated with children's attachment to school across two time points. Child gender differences are also discussed.
Descriptors: Mothers, Conflict, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Gender Differences, Fathers, Mexican Americans, Cultural Influences, Correlation, Family Relationship, Student Adjustment, Student School Relationship, Attachment Behavior, Marital Instability
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