Parenting practices and childhood anxiety reporting in Mexican, Mexican American, and European American families
Abstract
Parenting practices reflecting over-control and lack of warmth and acceptance are associated with childhood anxiety in white non-Latino populations. In this study, we examined whether these parenting practices were related to childhood anxiety in Mexican-descent children. Mexican (M: n=46), Mexican American (MA: n=48), and European American (EA: n=47) families discussed three ambiguous, potentially anxiety provoking situations. Transcribed discussions were coded for parenting practices reflecting control and lack of warmth and acceptance. Controlling practices were associated with more anxiety for the M and EA groups and with less anxiety for the MA group. The MA parents generated more verbalizations indicative of control than the M parents and more verbalizations indicative of lack of warmth and acceptance than the EA parents. Implications for our understanding of anxiety development in Latino children are discussed.
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Controlling parenting was associated with more anxiety.
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From A Systematic Review of “Helicopter Parenting” and Its Relationship With Anxiety and Depression (2022) · cites this paper as Luis et al. (2008)
A direct effect of controlling parenting with regard to increased anxiety was found in 11 of 12 studies that investigated the relationship between parental control and anxiety.
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“Controlling parenting and anxiety: A direct effect of controlling parenting with regard to increased anxiety was found in 11 of 12 studies that investigated the relationship between parental control and anxiety (Silove et al., 1991; Luis et al., 2008; Reitman and Asseff, 2010; Inguglia et al., 2016; Goger et al., 2020…”
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- Authors
- Luis, T. M., Varela, R. E., & Moore, K. W.
- Affiliations
- Tulane University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Varela, R. Enrique
- ORCID
- Varela, R. Enrique
- Venue
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-08
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1011-1020
- ISSN
- 0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1988706816
- Cited by
- 62
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 2.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Keywords
- parenting practices, childhood anxiety, overcontrol, Mexican American families, Mexican families, European American families, Latino children, anxiety development, parent-child conversation, cross-cultural comparison
- MeSH terms
- Acculturation, Adolescent, Anxiety Disorders, Child, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Ethnicity, Female, Humans, Male, Manifest Anxiety Scale, Mexico, Parent-Child Relations, Regression Analysis, Social Class, United States, Verbal Behavior, Parenting, Mexican Americans, White People
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