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Fortalezas Familiares Program: Building Sociocultural and Family Strengths in Latina Women with Depression and Their Families
Author(s) -
Valdez Carmen R.,
Abegglen Jessica,
Hauser Claire T.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/famp.12008
Subject(s) - psychosocial , sociocultural evolution , vulnerability (computing) , psychology , psychological intervention , depression (economics) , intervention (counseling) , psychopathology , family therapy , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , sociology , computer security , anthropology , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
The purpose of this article is to describe F ortalezas Familiares ( FF ; Family Strengths), a community‐based prevention program designed to address relational family processes and promote well‐being among L atino families when a mother has depression. Although depression in L atina women is becoming increasingly recognized, risk and protective mechanisms associated with children's outcomes when a mother has depression are not well understood for L atino families. We begin by reviewing the literature on risk and protective psychosocial mechanisms by which maternal depression may affect L atino youth, using family systems theory and a developmental psychopathology framework with an emphasis on sociocultural factors shaping family processes. Next, we describe the theoretical basis and development of the FF program, a community‐based 12‐week intervention for L atina immigrant women with depression, other caregivers, and their children. Throughout this article, we use a case study to illustrate a L atina mother's vulnerability to depression and the family's response to the FF program. Recommendations for future research and practice include consideration of sociocultural processes in shaping both outcomes of L atino families and their response to interventions.