Examining the Effects of Family and Acculturative Stress on Mexican American Parents’ Psychological Functioning as Predictors of Children’s Anxiety and Depression: The Mediating Role of Family Cohesion
Structural model reveals links between acculturative stress, parental depression, and children's psychological outcomes.
Key Points
Higher levels of acculturative stress were linked to increased parental depression and reduced family cohesion, affecting children's mental health.
Structural equation modeling unveiled that parental depression significantly predicts children's anxiety and depression based on family dynamics.
Questionnaires from 467 parents highlighted the connection between family stress, parenting quality, and children's internalizing symptoms across two waves.
The findings underscore the importance of family cohesion in mitigating the adverse impacts of acculturative stress on child development.
Cite This Study
Gonzalez-Detrés et al. (2025) studied this question.