@article {5041, title = {Cross-generational effects of discrimination among immigrant mothers: perceived discrimination predicts child{\textquoteright}s healthcare visits for illness}, journal = {Health Psychol}, volume = {32}, number = {2}, year = {2013}, note = {Halim, May Ling
Yoshikawa, Hirokazu
Amodio, David M
eng
Research Support, U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Non-P.H.S.
2012/03/07 06:00
Health Psychol. 2013 Feb;32(2):203-11. doi: 10.1037/a0027279. Epub 2012 Mar 5.}, month = {Feb}, pages = {203-11}, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: This study tested whether an immigrant mother{\textquoteright}s perception of ethnic and language-based discrimination affects the health of her child (indexed by the child{\textquoteright}s frequency of sick visits to the doctor, adjusting for well-visits), as a function of her ethnic-group attachment and length of U.S. residency. METHOD: A community-based sample of 98 immigrant Dominican and Mexican mothers of normally developing 14-month-old children were interviewed. Mothers reported their perceived ethnic and language-based discrimination, degree of ethnic-group attachment, length of time in the United States, and frequency of their child{\textquoteright}s doctor visits for both illness and routine (healthy) exams. RESULTS: Among more recent immigrants, greater perceived ethnic and language-based discrimination were associated with more frequent sick-child visits, but only among those reporting low ethnic-group attachment. The associations between both forms of perceived discrimination and sick-child visits were not observed among mothers reporting high ethnic-group attachment. Among more established immigrants, perceived language-based discrimination was associated with more frequent sick-child visits regardless of ethnic-group attachment. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that a Latina mother{\textquoteright}s experience with ethnic and language-based discrimination is associated with her child{\textquoteright}s health, as indicated by doctor visits for illness, but that strong ethnic-group attachment may mitigate this association among recent immigrants.}, keywords = {*Cohort Effect, Adult, Child Health Services/*utilization, Dominican Republic/ethnology, Emigrants and Immigrants/*psychology/statistics \& numerical data, Emigration and Immigration/statistics \& numerical data, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Mexico/ethnology, Mothers/*psychology/statistics \& numerical data, Prejudice/*psychology, Qualitative Research, Time Factors, United States, Young Adult}, isbn = {1930-7810 (Electronic)
0278-6133 (Linking)}, author = {Halim, M. L. and Yoshikawa, H. and Amodio, D. M.} }