Culture Specific Influences on Anxiety in Latino Youth

Autor/inn/en	Varela, R. Enrique; Niditch, Laura A.; Hensley-Maloney, Lauren; Moore, Kathryn W.; Creveling, C. Christiane; Jones, Kathryn M.
Titel	Culture Specific Influences on Anxiety in Latino Youth
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 48 (2019) 1, S.1-17 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Varela, R. Enrique)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-018-9476-8
Schlagwörter	Anxiety; Cultural Influences; Ethnic Groups; At Risk Persons; Hispanic Americans; Children; Adolescents; Values; Family Relationship; Prediction; Identification; Psychological Patterns; Correlation; Metacognition; Mother Attitudes; Interpersonal Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ethnie; Risikogruppe; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Wertbegriff; Vorhersage; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Korrelation; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Mutterliebe; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Background: Accumulating evidence indicates that Latino children and adolescents are at risk for higher anxiety relative to youth of other ethnicities. However, to date, very little research has been conducted to examine culture specific mechanisms of anxiety in Latino youth. Objective: This study explored whether strict adherence to Latino cultural values emphasizing maintenance of group harmony, "familismo" and "simpatia," in combination with poor awareness and identification of negative emotions predicts increased anxiety among Latino youth. Method: "Familismo," "simpatia," poor emotion awareness, and anxiety were measured in a mixed clinically anxious (n = 27) and non-clinical (n = 20) sample of 7-13 year-old Latino children. Anxiety was measured through self-report and mother report. Results: Two way interactions between "familismo" and "simpatia," and between poor emotion awareness and "simpatia" predicted anxiety level. Graphs of the interactions indicated that the combination of high levels of each variable was associated with the highest levels of child-reported anxiety, while high "familismo" in the context of low "simpatia" was associated with low anxiety levels per child and parent report. In contrast, low "simpatia" in the context of poor emotion awareness was associated with low mother-reported child anxiety. Conclusions: Strict adherence to cultural values emphasizing family cohesion and positive interdependent social experiences in combination with poor emotion awareness are linked to anxiety in Latino youth. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01