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The Puerto Rican Family

Cultural Factors and Family Intervention Strategies

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ID8063006
AuthorsHector R Bird, Héctor Bird (0000-0002-7902-0850, corresponding author), Glorisa Canino (0000-0003-1775-4020, G.P.O. Box 5067, San Juan, Puerto Rico.)
Year1982
Volume10
Issue2
Pages257-268
Publication date1982-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-3604 • E-ISSN: 1943-2860
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1521/jaap.1.1982.10.2.257
PMID7085395
OpenAlexW1740404057
LanguageEN
Citations received8

We have presented what are considered to be the salient features characteristic of the Puerto Rican family. The composition of the family, the important role of the extended family, the impact of machismo, the authoritarian pattern of child rearing, and the religious practices of the Puerto Rican family have been documented through the findings reported by other researchers. It was noted that the high rate of back-and-forth migration between Puerto Rico and the Mainland as well as the colonial status of the society, creates a situation of accelerated change and shifting cultural patterns. We have felt it important to point out the normative patterns on the island. Quite often a well-intentioned clinician, when confronted with issues such as exaggerated machismo or certain responses to stress, may tend to dismiss them as purely cultural and not address the real issues leading to dysfunction or utilize the most appropriate treatment modality. Structural family therapy as a particularly useful treatment modality has been discussed at length, and its applicability and the justification for its utilization in families under stress were elaborated. Treatment strategies and their relationship to Puerto Rican family structure have been delineated

Cultural environment · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Puerto rican · Social environment · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

  • Research on Mental Health Services for Hispanics

    Lloyd H Rogler•Cultural Diversity & Mental Health•1996

  • Teaching Behaviors and Styles of Low-Income Puerto Rican Mothers

    Maribel Vargas, Nancy A Busch-Rossnagel et al.•Applied Developmental Science•2003

  • Scores on Psychoticism of Adolescent Girls in Puerto Rico

    Open Access•José Luis Porrata•Psychological Reports•1995

  • Contemporary Research on Hispanic Women

    Open Access•Hortensia Amaro, Nancy Felipe Russo et al.•Psychology of Women Quarterly•1987

  • Sex Differences and Depression in Puerto Rico

    Open Access•Glorisa Canino, Glorisa J Canino et al.•Psychology of Women Quarterly•1987

  • Ethnicity as a determinant of sex role identity

    Open Access•Allen C Harris•Sex Roles•1994

  • Drug abuse and illicit drug use in Puerto Rico

    Glorisa Canino, James C Anthony et al.•American Journal of Public Health•1993

  • Nervios as a culture‐bound syndrome among Puerto Rican women∗

    Christine S Wolf Dresp•Smith College Studies in Social…•1985

Citations per year0.2
Citation span1985 - 2003 (19)
Highly citedNo

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