title: Maternal predictors of behavioral problems among Mexican migrant farmworker children.
abstract: This study investigated the impact of maternal parenting factors on the emotional and behavioral health of Mexican Migrant Head Start children. Although the majority of children sampled in this study did not exhibit problematic behaviors, the findings concluded that children who demonstrated emotional and behavioral problems experienced a more rejecting maternal parenting style, greater parenting stress, and mothers reporting feelings of depression. Gender differences were found between the behavioral and emotional problems of sons and daughters. Surprisingly, years in the United States, maternal birthplace, income, education, and language spoken in the home were not associated with child behavioral problems.
authors.affiliation: Office of Diversity and Cultural Affairs, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217, USA. siantz@nursing.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Mary Lou de Leon
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Siantz
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Coronado
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dovydaitis
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000383:Agriculture; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers; D016487:Parenting; D011203:Poverty; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult