Couples' cultural values, shared parenting, and family emotional climate within Mexican American families.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Family Process Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0400666 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1545-5300 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00147370 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Fam Process Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: New York, NY : Family Process
      Original Publication: Baltimore [etc.]
    • Subject Terms:
      Culture* ; Emotions* ; Family Characteristics* ; Family Relations*; Hispanic or Latino/*psychology ; Parents/*psychology; Acculturation ; Adult ; Chi-Square Distribution ; Child, Preschool ; Early Intervention, Educational ; Female ; Humans ; Interpersonal Relations ; Longitudinal Studies ; Male ; Mexico/ethnology ; Models, Psychological ; Multivariate Analysis ; Parenting/psychology ; Psychological Theory ; Psychometrics ; United States
    • Abstract:
      This study tested a model of shared parenting as its centerpiece that incorporates cultural values as predictors and family emotional climate as the outcome variable of interest. We aimed to assess the predictive power of the Mexican cultural values of familismo and simpatia over couples' shared parenting practices. We anticipated that higher levels of shared parenting would predict family emotional climate. The participants were 61 Mexican American, low income couples, with at least one child between 3 and 4 years of age, recruited from a home-based Head Start program. The predictive model demonstrated excellent goodness of fit, supporting the hypothesis that a positive emotional climate within the family is fostered when Mexican American couples practice a sufficient level of shared parenting. Empirical evidence was previously scarce on this proposition. The findings also provide evidence for the role of cultural values, highlighting the importance of family solidarity and avoidance of confrontation as a pathway to shared parenting within Mexican American couples.
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    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20120614 Date Completed: 20121029 Latest Revision: 20211203
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/j.1545-5300.2012.01396.x
    • Accession Number:
      22690862