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Cross-Generational Effects of Discrimination Among Immigrant Mothers: Perceived Discrimination Predicts Child’s Healthcare Visits for Illness

Halim, May Ling, Yoshikawa, Hirokazu, Amodio, David M.·2013·Health Psychology
DOI 10.1037/a0027279
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OBJECTIVE: This study tested whether an immigrant mother's perception of ethnic and language-based discrimination affects the health of her child (indexed by the child's frequency of sick visits to the doctor, adjusting for well-visits), as a function of her ethnic-group attachment and length of U.S. residency. METHOD: A community-based sample of 98 immigrant Dominican and Mexican mothers of normally developing 14-month-old children were interviewed. Mothers reported their perceived ethnic and language-based discrimination, degree of ethnic-group attachment, length of time in the United States, and frequency of their child's doctor visits for both illness and routine (healthy) exams. RESULTS: Among more recent immigrants, greater perceived ethnic and language-based discrimination were associated with more frequent sick-child visits, but only among those reporting low ethnic-group attachment. The associations between both forms of perceived discrimination and sick-child visits were not observed among mothers reporting high ethnic-group attachment. Among more established immigrants, perceived language-based discrimination was associated with more frequent sick-child visits regardless of ethnic-group attachment. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that a Latina mother's experience with ethnic and language-based discrimination is associated with her child's health, as indicated by doctor visits for illness, but that strong ethnic-group attachment may mitigate this association among recent immigrants.

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Authors
Halim, M. L., Yoshikawa, H., & Amodio, D. M.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Amodio, David M.
ORCID
Venue
Health Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2013
Volume
32
Issue
2
Pages
203-211
ISSN
  • 0278-6133 (ISSN-L)
  • 1930-7810
DOI
10.1037/a0027279
OpenAlex
W2335152049
Cited by
36
References
35
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Science Foundation (BCS #021859; IRADS #0721383, BCS #0847350)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
Keywords
perceived discrimination, immigrant mothers, language discrimination, ethnic discrimination, Dominican immigrants, Mexican immigrants, Hispanic mothers, transgenerational effects, immigrant health
MeSH terms
Adult, Child Health Services, Dominican Republic, Emigration and Immigration, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Mexico, Mothers, Prejudice, Time Factors, United States, Cohort Effect, Qualitative Research, Emigrants and Immigrants, Young Adult

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