Socialization of Respeto in Immigrant Mexican Families

Author

Marsha Tafoya, Utah State UniversityFollow

Date of Award:

5-2016

Document Type:

Dissertation

Degree Name:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department:

Psychology

Committee Chair(s)

Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez

Committee

Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez

Committee

Renee V. Galliher

Committee

Carolyn Barcus

Committee

Cinthya M. Saavedra

Committee

Donna Gilbertson

Abstract

Respeto is a cultural value considered to be essential in Latina/o families. Latina/o parents endorse respeto as being an important to teaching to their children. Mental health professionals argue that it is important to understand cultural values in delivering appropriate and relevant services to ethnic and culturally diverse clients. Some experts argue that such focus on cultural context also improves the effectiveness of interventions. The current study examined the cultural value of respeto in immigrant Mexican parents with a child between 4 and 9 years of age. Two scales were developed to examine the behavioral displays of respeto in boys and girls. The scales were used to rate the children’s’ interactions with their parents, and to capture how parents socialized their children to engage in this cultural value. Findings suggested that both boys and girls engaged in more respeto behaviors when interacting with their fathers than mothers. Both mothers and fathers engaged similarly in socializing respeto to both boys and girls. Respeto and socialization of respeto was not found to be related to child outcomes. The nonsignificant findings may have resulted from limitations in the heterogeneity of the sample of children and families.

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Recommended Citation

Tafoya, Marsha, "Socialization of Respeto in Immigrant Mexican Families" (2016). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 5004.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5004