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Attachment relationship quality, but not demographic risk, predicts psychopathology in Latinx mother‐youth dyads

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ID11043371
AuthorsJessica L Borelli (0000-0001-8471-6732, University of California Irvine California USA, corresponding author), Lyric N Russo (0000-0002-3815-3622, University of California Irvine California USA), José Arreola (0000-0003-1330-5906, University of California Irvine California USA), Breana R Cervantes (0000-0001-6912-0519, University of California Irvine California USA), Hannah K Hecht (0000-0003-0008-7030, University of California Irvine California USA), Francisca Leal (Latino Health Access Santa Ana California USA), Gloria Itzel Montiel (0000-0003-2540-1487, Latino Health Institute (United States)), Gloria Montiel (Latino Health Access Santa Ana California USA), Paulina Paredes (University of California Irvine California USA), Nancy G Guerra (0000-0002-6033-0066, University of California, Irvine), Nancy Guerra (University of California Irvine California USA)
Year2021
Volume49
Issue6
Pages2086-2105
Publication date2021-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22535
PMID33635588
OpenAlexW3130344133
LanguageES
Citations received3
References cited72

Latinx families are increasing in the population in the United States and have documented mental health concerns. Much remains to be understood about mental health predictors within this population. The present study aimed to help fill this gap and offer an in-depth assessment of psychopathology within a large (N = 330) sample of Latinx mothers and youth by exploring associations between sociodemographic risk, attachment relationship quality, and mental health. Demographic risk was not associated with youth or maternal psychopathology, but attachment relationship quality was associated with all indices of psychopathology in youth and mothers. The interaction between demographic risk and psychopathology only added to the prediction of maternal depression, revealing a pattern wherein maternal closeness was associated with lower depression at low and mean but not high levels of demographic risk. We discuss these findings in terms of the importance of supporting parent-child relationships in this population.

Developmental psychology · Psychopathology · Quality (philosophy) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology

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