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The relative impact of family and social involvement on chicano mental health
Author(s) -
Raymond Jonathan S.,
Rhoads Deborah L.,
Raymond R. Irene
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf00912592
Subject(s) - psychology , affect (linguistics) , mental health , health psychology , ethnic group , social support , public health , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , medicine , sociology , nursing , communication , anthropology
In a household survey, Chicanos attributed significantly more importance to family relationships than did other ethnic groups. For Chicanos, both family satisfaction and social (other than family) satisfaction correlated highly with psychological well-being. Using multiple regression analysis to control for age and income, it was found that for Chicanos family satisfaction was more predictive of overall well-being and positive affect than was social satisfaction. However, social satisfaction was more predictive of level of negative affect than was family satisfaction. The results suggest that the Chicano family may function primarily to provide a positive environment for its members rather than mitigating the stressful effects of a negative environment.