title: Parent conflict as a mediator between marianismo beliefs and depressive symptoms for Mexican American college women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to examine how marianismo is related to the depressive symptoms of Mexican American women with family conflict as a mediator.
  
  
  METHODS
  During January of 2010, 170 Mexican American women college students in a southern, Hispanic-serving institution were sampled.
  
  
  METHODS
  A mediation analysis was conducted to determine if parent conflict mediates the relationship between marianismo values and depressive symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results from Barron and Kenny's(1) mediation analysis method, in conjunction with a Sobel(2) test indicated that parent conflict significantly mediated the relation between marianismo and depressive symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings and implications of the mediation will be discussed for the mental health and treatment of Mexican American women college students.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Educational Psychology , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas.
authors.forename: Brandy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Piña-Watson
authors.forename: Linda G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: Lizette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ojeda
authors.forename: Kimberly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D014495:Universities