Gender Differences in Social Acculturation and Social Capital in Determining Marital and Parental Role Expectations Among People of Mexican Descent

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ID2168698
AuthorsAdrian J Archuleta (0000-0002-0618-6761)
Year2015
Volume25
Issue6
Pages697-712
Publication date2015-08-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10911359.2015.1020243
OpenAlexW2084347803
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited54

Men and women experience acculturation differently, creating acculturative gaps that may affect traditional family role expectations. In the current study, additive moderation between social acculturation, bonding social capital, and gender in relationship to marital and parental role expectations was explored among Mexican Americans (N = 314). The results indicate that when bonding social capital is at low to moderate levels, women are more committed to marital and parental roles and report more marital reward value as social acculturation increases. However, as bonding social capital and social acculturation increase, women report less marital reward value and marital and parental commitment. The size and quality of personal networks among Mexican American men and women appear to relate to social acculturation’s conditional relationship to family role expectations

Acculturation · Affect (linguistics · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Moderation · Social capital · Sociology · Health disparities and outcomes · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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