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Author: Margaret Ann de la Garza Publisher: ISBN: Category : Family psychotherapy Languages : en Pages : 162
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Relationship satisfaction is associated with better health outcomes and higher levels of overall happiness. The purpose of the current study was to explore satisfaction among Mexican Americans involved in committed relationships and to study the possible correlation between familism and relationship satisfaction. Very few research studies on relationship satisfaction have focused on Mexican Americans, although Latinos are the largest ethnic group in the United States. One hundred thirty eight Mexican American men and women, ranging in age from 19 to 66 years (M = 37) participated in the study. The Positive and Negative Semantic Differential Scale and the Couples Satisfaction Index were used to assess relationship satisfaction and the Family Obligation Questionnaire was used to measure familism. Participants also completed a demographic questionnaire. Mexican Americans reported high levels of relationship satisfaction, with participants scoring high on positive evaluations of their relationships and low on negative evaluations. Results indicated that familism is a significant predictor of relationship satisfaction. Specifically, individuals who reported being more familistic were more satisfied in their relationships than individuals who were less familistic. Length of relationship was not associated with relationship satisfaction. Factors that contribute to relationship satisfaction including age, education level, and familism.
Author: Margaret Ann de la Garza Publisher: ISBN: Category : Family psychotherapy Languages : en Pages : 162
Book Description
Relationship satisfaction is associated with better health outcomes and higher levels of overall happiness. The purpose of the current study was to explore satisfaction among Mexican Americans involved in committed relationships and to study the possible correlation between familism and relationship satisfaction. Very few research studies on relationship satisfaction have focused on Mexican Americans, although Latinos are the largest ethnic group in the United States. One hundred thirty eight Mexican American men and women, ranging in age from 19 to 66 years (M = 37) participated in the study. The Positive and Negative Semantic Differential Scale and the Couples Satisfaction Index were used to assess relationship satisfaction and the Family Obligation Questionnaire was used to measure familism. Participants also completed a demographic questionnaire. Mexican Americans reported high levels of relationship satisfaction, with participants scoring high on positive evaluations of their relationships and low on negative evaluations. Results indicated that familism is a significant predictor of relationship satisfaction. Specifically, individuals who reported being more familistic were more satisfied in their relationships than individuals who were less familistic. Length of relationship was not associated with relationship satisfaction. Factors that contribute to relationship satisfaction including age, education level, and familism.
Author: Yuliana Rodriguez Publisher: ISBN: Category : Marital quality Languages : en Pages : 65
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"Based on data from a sample of 120 Mexican immigrant couples, this study tested an estimated actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) in which the linkages between spouses' perceptions of marital quality (i.e., marital warmth and marital negativity), spousal incongruence in familism attitudes, and spouses' coparenting satisfaction were examined. The model simultaneously explored the moderating effects of spouses' incongruence in familism attitudes, a key Latino cultural value that reflects family cohesion, obligations, and interdependence. Results showed significant actor effects from marital warmth to coparenting satisfaction. Wives' marital warmth was associated with higher levels of wives' coparenting satisfaction and husbands' marital warmth was associated with higher levels of husbands' coparenting satisfaction. A significant interaction qualified the actor effect for wives' marital warmth to her coparenting satisfaction. Spouses' incongruence in familism attitudes moderated this association indicating that the expected positive association between wives' marital warmth and her coparenting satisfaction was present only for couples with low spousal incongruence in familism attitudes (i.e., couples in which spouses are in close agreement on familism attitudes). Marital negativity and incongruence on familism attitudes were not significantly related to spouses' coparenting satisfaction. Findings underscore the link between spouses' marital warmth and their coparenting satisfaction and suggest that effective coparenting is nested within the context of a warm and supportive relationship."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.
Author: Lizbeth Karina Garcia-Bravo Publisher: ISBN: Category : Family assessment Languages : en Pages : 288
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Very little research on marital dynamics has focused on Latinos or Mexican-origin couples, although Latinos are currently the largest minority group in the United States. Furthermore, previous studies suggest women of Mexican origin experience a gradual decline in marital satisfaction over their life course, but examination of this issue has yielded inconsistent findings. The current study was conducted to investigate the influence of three specific Latino cultural values on the marital satisfaction of women of Mexican origin: familismo (family loyalty, unity, and obligation), machismo (male dominance and responsibility to provide for and protect his family), and marianismo (women as self-sacrificing, nurturing, and pious). The goal of this study was to examine the accompanying and shifting cultural values of the acculturation process and increase understanding of the implications of Latino cultural values on marital satisfaction among women of Mexican origin in U.S. society. Two hundred and fourteen married women of Mexican origin, ranging in age from 19 to 68 (M = 37), participated in the study. Data collection was completed online through an internet survey program. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the Short Acculturation Scale (Marin, Sabogal, Marin, Otero-Sabogal, & Perez-Stable, 1987), the Familism Scale (Lugo Steidel & Contreras, 2003), the Machismo Subscale of the Multiphasic Assessment of Cultural Constructs-Short Form (Cuellar, Arnold, & Gonzalez, 1995), the Latina Values Scale-Revised (Marano, 2000; revised by Melendez, 2004), the Relationship Assessment Scale (Hendrick, 1988), and a supplemental question regarding their tolerance for divorce. Three hypotheses were proposed in terms of the three cultural values, participant acculturation level, and husband's generational status, with marital satisfaction as the criterion variable. A large percentage (71.5%) of the sample in the study was well-educated, with either a college, master's, or doctoral degree; hence, the results are reflective of highly educated, Mexican-origin women. Using hierarchical regression analyses it was found that familismo was positively correlated with marital satisfaction among women of Mexican origin. In addition, neither of the hypothesized interactions (marianismo x perceived machismo (participant's perception of her husband's endorsement of machismo) and acculturation x husband's generational status) was confirmed. Correlational and regression analyses revealed that both marianismo and perceived machismo were significantly and negatively correlated with marital satisfaction. Clinical and research implications, limitations of the study, and directions for future research are discussed.
Author: Audrey Liz Schwartz Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 124
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Marital quality is a broad measurement of perceptions of satisfaction, happiness, and stability by partners in an established relationship. Marital quality has been relatively understudied among Mexican Americans, a population that warrants the inclusion of cultural constructs in any model concerning relationship outcomes. Therefore, acculturation differences between Mexican American couples were conceptualized as a distal context for understanding marital quality. Traditional gender role values and communication style (warmth and hostility) were included as proximal contexts. Data from Conger's California Families Project were utilized; results indicated that while most measures of acculturation did not impact marital quality, language use interacted with gender roles values and communication style to influence husbands' marital quality. Warmth, hostility, and traditional gender role values all exhibited a significant direct influence on marital quality for both husbands and wives. Potential explanations and recommendations for future directions are discussed.
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309164818 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 502
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Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a population that varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in this volume draw on a wide variety of data sources to describe the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography, geography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and political engagement. They provide a rich source of information for researchers, policy makers, and others who want to better understand the fast-growing and diverse population that we call "Hispanic." The current period is a critical one for getting a better understanding of how Hispanics are being shaped by the U.S. experience. This will, in turn, affect the United States and the contours of the Hispanic future remain uncertain. The uncertainties include such issues as whether Hispanics, especially immigrants, improve their educational attainment and fluency in English and thereby improve their economic position; whether growing numbers of foreign-born Hispanics become citizens and achieve empowerment at the ballot box and through elected office; whether impending health problems are successfully averted; and whether Hispanics' geographic dispersal accelerates their spatial and social integration. The papers in this volume provide invaluable information to explore these issues.
Author: Raymond Montemayor Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 270
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Educators will find much useful information in this book. It offers insights for program and curriculum planning and suggests numerous topics for stimulating discussions with teens. It also raises provocative issues about how the developmental needs of youth can be served more effectively by families, communities, and educators. The book holds the potential to define personal relations as an integrated line of study that serves to develop theory and research beyond contextual boundaries. The contributors analyze the ways in which critical interpersonal bonds are forged and maintained. The relationships discussed are: The parent-teen connection; the impact of cultural diversity on teens' social development; same-sex friends as well as opposite-sex friends during adolescence; heterosexual, bisexual, gay and lesbian romantic relationships; adolescent crowds (or cliques); and relationships involving non-kin adults. The authors also explore conceptual issues that cut across relationships and the problem of integrating the views of both individuals in a relationship.
Author: Margaret Ann de la Garza
Author: Margaret Ann de la Garza
Author: Kennon V. Rider
Author: Yuliana Rodriguez
Author: Raquel J. Contreras-Ramos
Author: Lizbeth Karina Garcia-Bravo
Author: Nydia Medina
Author: Audrey Liz Schwartz
Author: National Research Council
Author: Fredda Gregg Martinez
Author: Raymond Montemayor