Maternal separation anxiety in Hispanic and Euro-American mothers.
Maternal separation anxiety, that is, anxiety experienced by mothers when separated from their infants, was compared for 24 Hispanic and 41 Euro-American mothers. Compared to Euro-American mothers, Hispanic mothers reported more sadness and guilt when separated from their child. However, college education emerged as the sole significant predictor of maternal separation anxiety within the sample.
Williams
Sue W
SW
Texas State University-San Marcos, Family and Consumer Sciences, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA. sw10@txstate.edu
Russell
Elizabeth Morgan
EM
Blunk
Elizabeth M
EM
D000328:Adult; D001010:Anxiety, Separation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013781:Texas; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*