title: Early Childhood Internalizing Problems in Mexican- and Dominican-Origin Children: The Role of Cultural Socialization and Parenting Practices.
abstract: This study examined mother- and teacher-rated internalizing behaviors (i.e., anxiety, depression, and somatization symptoms) among young children using longitudinal data from a community sample of 661 Mexican and Dominican families and tested a conceptual model in which parenting (mother's socialization messages and parenting practices) predicted child internalizing problems 12 months later. Children evidenced elevated levels of mother-rated anxiety at both time points. Findings also supported the validity of the proposed parenting model for both Mexican and Dominican families. Although there were different pathways to child anxiety, depression, and somatization among Mexican and Dominican children, socialization messages and authoritarian parenting were positively associated with internalizing symptoms for both groups.
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work , University of Texas at Austin.
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calzada
authors.affiliation: b Department of Population Health , New York University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: R Gabriela
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Barajas-Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: b Department of Population Health , New York University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Keng-Yen
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: b Department of Population Health , New York University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brotman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D000066553:Problem Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012951:Socialization