Mexican American women college students’ willingness to seek counseling: The role of religious cultural values, etiology beliefs, and stigma.

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 577-587
Author(s):  
Na-Yeun Choi ◽  
Helen Youngju Kim ◽  
Elisabeth Gruber
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Mexican American Women ◽  
American Women ◽  
Women College Students ◽  
Willingness To Seek Counseling

The role of familism in weight loss treatment for Mexican American women

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1510-1523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A McLaughlin ◽  
Marita Campos-Melady ◽  
Jane Ellen Smith ◽  
Kelsey N Serier ◽  
Katherine E Belon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Mexican American Women ◽  
American Women ◽  
A Value ◽  
Culturally Adapted ◽  
Health Complications ◽  
Weight Loss Treatments ◽  
Weight Loss Success

Mexican American women are disproportionately affected by overweight/obesity and the health complications accompanying them, but weight loss treatments are less successful in this ethnic group. High levels of familism, a value reflecting obligation to family that supersedes attention to oneself, interfere with weight loss for Mexican American women. This mixed methods study investigated overweight Mexican American women’s beliefs about how familism, and Mexican American culture, might hinder weight loss success, and how treatments might be culturally adapted. Results suggest a need to support women in their commitment to family while also helping them make changes. Recommendations for culturally adapted treatments are made.

Comparison of the Role of Mexican-American and Euro-American Family Members in the Socialization of Children

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 283-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda C. Lopez ◽  
Minami Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Hispanic Women ◽  
Family Members ◽  
American Family ◽  
Mexican American Women ◽  
American Women ◽  
Self Reports

To compare the involvement of Mexican-American and Euro-American family members in the socialization of children self-reports of their own socialization were collected from 663 university students. The sample was comprised of 109 Euro-American and 100 Mexican-American men as well as 215 Euro-American and 239 Mexican-American women. Mexican-American women included bathing them, playing with them, and befriending them among their mothers' contributions to their rearing more frequently than did non-Hispanic women. More Euro-American women than Hispanic women reported their fathers “took care of them.” Euro-American men listed disciplining them, reading to them, and helping them with homework among the activities their mothers participated in more than did Mexican-American men.

Associations of vitamin C, calcium and protein with bone mass in postmenopausal Mexican American women

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 533-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. -C. Wang ◽  
M. Luz Villa ◽  
R. Marcus ◽  
J. L. Kelsey
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin C ◽  
Bone Mass ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Mexican American Women ◽  
American Women
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