TY - JOUR
T1 - Well-being and family role strains among Cuban American and puerto rican mothers of adults with mental retardation
AU - Magana, Sandra
AU - Seltzer, Marsha Mailick
AU - Krauss, Marty Wyngaarden
AU - Rubert, Mark
AU - Szapocznik, Jose
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - This article examines predictors of depressive symptoms and caregiving burden in a sample of Cuban American and Puerto Rican caregivers of an adult child with mental retardation. Using a stress process model of caregiving, the focus of this analysis was on family role strains that result from the caregiving process, which were hypothesized to be particularly strong predictors of maternal well-being in Latino families. Findings indicate that Cuban American mothers of adults with mental retardation had higher socioeconomic status than Puerto Rican mothers, yet there was a substantial amount of within-group heterogeneity in family socio-demographic characteristics, linked closely with immigration patterns for the Cuban American mothers. However, taking into account socio-demographic diversity and ethnicity, findings demonstrate that mothers whose family had more problems had higher levels of burden and depressive symptoms, supporting the hypothesized importance of family functioning to Latina mothers with a non-normative parenting challenge.
AB - This article examines predictors of depressive symptoms and caregiving burden in a sample of Cuban American and Puerto Rican caregivers of an adult child with mental retardation. Using a stress process model of caregiving, the focus of this analysis was on family role strains that result from the caregiving process, which were hypothesized to be particularly strong predictors of maternal well-being in Latino families. Findings indicate that Cuban American mothers of adults with mental retardation had higher socioeconomic status than Puerto Rican mothers, yet there was a substantial amount of within-group heterogeneity in family socio-demographic characteristics, linked closely with immigration patterns for the Cuban American mothers. However, taking into account socio-demographic diversity and ethnicity, findings demonstrate that mothers whose family had more problems had higher levels of burden and depressive symptoms, supporting the hypothesized importance of family functioning to Latina mothers with a non-normative parenting challenge.
KW - Cuban
KW - Mental retardation
KW - Puerto Rican
KW - Role strains
KW - Well-being
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U2 - 10.1300/J137v05n03_03
DO - 10.1300/J137v05n03_03
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85023945458
VL - 5
SP - 31
EP - 55
JO - Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
JF - Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
SN - 1091-1359
IS - 3-4
ER -