title: Social Support, Parenting, and Social Emotional Development in Young Mexican and Dominican American Children.
abstract: This study focused on social support and its association with child developmental outcomes, indirectly through parenting practices, in families of 4-5 year old Latino children. Data were collected from mothers and teachers of 610 Mexican American (MA) and Dominican American (DA) children. Mothers reported on perceived social support, parenting practices and children's problem and adaptive behavior functioning at home, and teachers reported on mothers' parent involvement and children's problem and adaptive behavior functioning in the classroom. Results showed that support received from family was higher than support received from school networks for both ethnic groups. Moreover, familial support was associated with child behavior, mediated by positive parenting practices, whereas support from school networks was not associated with child outcomes. During early childhood, social support from family members may be an important protective factor that can promote positive behavioral functioning among Latino children.
authors.affiliation: Child Study Center, New York University School of Medicine, One Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA. Maria.Serrano-Villar@nyumc.org.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serrano-Villar
authors.affiliation: Center for Early Childhood Health and Development (CEHD), New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Keng-Yen
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Austin School of Social Work, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Esther J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Calzada
mesh_terms: D002652:Child Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004293:Dominican Republic / Q000208:ethnology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology*; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: Early childhood; Latino children; Parenting practices; Social support