title: Effects of husbands' migration on mental health and gender role ideology of rural Mexican women.
abstract: Our purpose for this study was to investigate the roles of migration in rural Mexican migrant-sending communities. Specifically, we examined the effects of changing gender role ideology on the mental health of wives whose spouses migrated to the United States. The sending group scored significantly higher in egalitarian gender role ideology but lower in general mental health than the nonsending group. We found through mediation analysis that the difference in gender role ideology mediated the difference in mental health between the two groups. Results are contrary to some psychological and feminist literature advocating benefits of masculine or androgynous ideology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA.
authors.forename: Jared A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wilkerson
authors.forename: Niwako
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamawaki
authors.forename: Samuel D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Downs
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012423:Rural Health; D018454:Spouses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health