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- Title
The Effects of Hispanic Immigrant Mother's Resiliency on Children's Dietary Adjustment.
- Authors
Villegas, Elizabeth; Teran-Garcia, Margarita; Wiley, Angela; Hannon, Bridget; Hammons, Amber
- Abstract
This study explored the adjustment phase of the resiliency model of family adjustment and adaptation, particularly how stress and food insecurity interact with protective mechanisms to influence children's dietary adjustment. With increasing rates of Hispanic childhood obesity and disproportionate health disparities, this is an issue that must be better understood. Altogether, 137 Mexican immigrant mothers from Illinois and California completed questionnaires reporting their stressors, protective mechanisms, and family health behaviors. Multiple regression analyses revealed that higher perceived stress levels for mothers predicted non-nutritive snacking reasons. Furthermore, mother's dietary patterns predicted child's poor dietary quality. Taken together, maternal stressors play a role in family health behaviors, and future studies should consider household food environment factors when trying to understand protective mechanisms for families.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; ILLINOIS; MEXICO; UNITED States; PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation; BODY weight; STATISTICAL correlation; FAMILY health; FOOD habits; HISPANIC Americans; PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants; MOTHER-child relationship; MOTHERS; PSYCHOLOGY of mothers; CHILDHOOD obesity; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH evaluation; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SNACK foods; STATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; MULTIPLE regression analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; STATISTICAL reliability; EDUCATIONAL attainment; BODY mass index; HEALTH equity; FOOD security; DATA analysis software; NUTRITIONAL value; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILDREN
- Publication
Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2019, Vol 21, Issue 4, p778
- ISSN
1557-1912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10903-018-0810-x