Mexican ‐Origin Parents’ Stress and Satisfaction: The Role of Emotional Support

Guided by a process model of parenting and the integrative model, this study examined sources of emotional support (i.e., partner, maternal, paternal) as related to stress and satisfaction resulting from the parenting role in a sample of Mexican‐origin young adult parents who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) during Wave IV. Participants were male and female parents (26–35 years of age; 59% female; N = 737) who had children and a partner. Results from structural equation modeling revealed support from mothers as salient; high levels of maternal support were associated with high levels of parenting satisfaction. Tests of indirect effects suggested that parenting satisfaction played an intervening role in the link between maternal support and parenting stress. The pattern of results held across levels of linguistic acculturation but varied by gender. Understanding the mechanisms that predict parenting stress and satisfaction within the Mexican‐origin population may help in the identification of culturally sensitive intervention strategies. Guiado por un modelo de proceso de la crianza y por el modelo integrador, el presente estudio examinó las fuentes de apoyo emocional (p. ej.: de la pareja, materno, paterno) en relación con el estrés y la satisfacción resultantes del rol de crianza en una muestra de padres adultos jóvenes de origen mexicano que participaron en el estudio nacional longitudinal de la salud...
Source: Family Process - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research