199
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

A Comparison in the Importance of Religious and Spiritual Beliefs among Latinx Parents of Children with Disabilities

ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon

References

  • Abraído-Lanza, A. F., Chao, M. T., & Flórez, K. R. (2005). Do healthy behaviors decline with greater acculturation?: Implications for the Latino mortality paradox. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 61(6), 1243–1255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.01.016
  • Arciniega, G. M., Anderson, T. C., Tovar-Blank, Z., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2008). Toward a fuller conception of machismo: Development of a traditional machismo and caballerismo scale. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55(1), 19–33. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.55.1.19
  • Biesinger, R., & Arikawa, H. (2008). Religious attitude and happiness among parents of children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Religion, Disability & Health, 11(4), 23–34. https://doi.org/10.1300/J095v11n04_03
  • Boehm, T. L., & Carter, E. W. (2019). Facets of faith: Spirituality, religiosity, and parents of individuals with intellectual disability. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 57(6), 512–526. https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-57.6.512
  • Briggs, A. (2014). Churches seen as failing to welcome people with disabilities. The Christian Century, 131(17), 14.
  • Cabrera, N. J., & Bradley, R. H. (2012). Latino fathers and their children. Child Development Perspectives, 6(3), 232–238. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00249.x
  • Calzada, E. J., Basil, S., & Fernandez, Y. (2013). What Latina mothers think of evidence-based parenting practices: A qualitative study of treatment acceptability. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 20(3), 362–374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2012.08.004
  • Calzada, E. J., Cortes, D. E., & Fernandez, Y. (2010). Incorporating the cultural value of respeto into a framework of Latino parenting. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16, 77–86.
  • Carter, E. W. (2007). Including people with disabilities in faith communities: A guide for service providers, families, & congregations. Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.
  • Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., & Mermelstein, R. (1983). A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 385–396.
  • Cohen, S. R., & Miguel, J. (2018). Amor and social stigma: ASD beliefs among immigrant Mexican parents. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(6), 1995–2009.
  • Coll, C. G., & Pachter, L. M. (2002). Ethnic and minority parenting. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting: Social conditions and applied parenting (pp. 1–20). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
  • Cortina, J. M. (1993). What is coefficient alpha? An examination of theory and applications. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78(1), 98.
  • Cruz, R. A., King, K. M., Widaman, K. F., Leu, J., Cauce, A. M., & Conger, R. D. (2011). Cultural influences on positive father involvement in two-parent Mexican-origin families. Journal of Family Psychology, 25(5), 731–740. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025128
  • Davis, K., & Newstrom, J. W. (2007). Organizational behavior: Human behavior at work. McGraw-Hill.
  • Delgado, M. (2017). Social work with Latinos: Social, economic, political, and cultural perspectives (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
  • Desai, P. P., Rivera, A. T., & Backes, E. M. (2016). Latino caregiver coping with children’s chronic health conditions: An integrative literature review. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 30(2), 108–120.
  • Dunst, C. J., Jenkins, V., & Trivette, C. M. (1984). The family support scale: Reliability and validity. Journal of Individual, Family, and Community Wellness, 1, 45–52.
  • Dunst, C. J., Leet, H. E., & Trivette, C. M. (1988). Family resources, personal well-being, and early intervention. The Journal of Special Education, 22(1), 108–116.
  • Fadus, M. C., Ginsburg, K. R., Sobowale, K., Halliday-Boykins, C. A., Bryant, B. E., Gray, K. M., & Squeglia, L. M. (2020). Unconscious bias and the diagnosis of disruptive behavior disorders and ADHD in African American and Hispanic youth. Academic Psychiatry, 44(1), 95–102.
  • Falicov, C. J. (2009). Religion and spiritual traditions in immigrant families: Significance for Latino health and mental health.
  • Gallagher, S., Phillips, A. C., Lee, H., & Carroll, D. (2015). The association between spirituality and depression in parents caring for children with developmental disabilities: Social support and/or last resort. Journal of Religion and Health, 54(1), 358–370.
  • Glass, J., & Owen, J. (2010). Latino fathers: The relationship among machismo, acculturation, ethnic identity, and paternal involvement. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 11(4), 251–261. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021477
  • Gotterer, R. (2001). The spiritual dimension in clinical social work practice: A client perspective. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 82(2), 187–193.
  • Green, S., Davis, C., Karshmer, E., Marsh, P., & Straight, B. (2005). Living stigma: The impact of labeling, stereotyping, separation, status loss, and discrimination in the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. Sociological Inquiry, 75(2), 197–215.
  • Gross, T. (2015). Religion and respeto: The role and value of respect in social relations in rural Oaxaca. Studies in World Christianity, 21(2), 119–139.
  • Harry, B. (1992). Making sense of disability: Low-income, Puerto Rican parents’ theories of the problem. Exceptional Children, 59(1), 27–40.
  • Herrera, A. P., Lee, J. W., Nanyonjo, R. D., Laufman, L. E., & Torres-Vigil, I. (2009). Religious coping and caregiver well-being in Mexican-American families. Aging and Mental Health, 13(1), 84–91.
  • Hodge, D. R. (2018). Spiritual competence: What it is, why it is necessary, and how to develop it. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 27(2), 124–139. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2016.1228093
  • Holland, J. C., Kash, K. M., Passik, S., Gronert, M. K., Sison, A., Lederberg, M., Russak, S. M., Baider, L., & Fox, B. (1998). A brief spiritual beliefs inventory for use in quality of life research in life-threatening illness. Psycho-Oncology, 7(6), 460–469. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199811/12)7:6<460::AID-PON328>3.0.CO;2-R
  • Homan, K. J., & Cavanaugh, B. N. (2013). Perceived relationship with god fosters positive body image in college women. Journal of Health Psychology, 18(12), 1529–1539. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105312465911
  • Izzo, C., Weiss, L., Shanahan, T., & Rodriguez-Brown, F. (2000). Parental self-efficacy and social support as predictors of parenting practices and children’s socioemotional adjustment in Mexican immigrant families. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 20(1–2), 197–213. https://doi.org/10.1300/J005v20n01_13
  • Janů, A., Malinakova, K., Kosarkova, A., & Tavel, P. (2020). Associations of childhood trauma experiences with religious and spiritual struggles. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(2), 1359105320950793. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320950793
  • Johnston, C., & Mash, E. J. (1989). A measure of parenting satisfaction and efficacy. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 18(2), 167–175. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp1802_8
  • Kiang, L., Glatz, T., & Buchanan, C. M. (2017). Acculturation conflict, cultural parenting self- efficacy, and perceived parenting competence in Asian American and Latino/a families. Family Process, 56(4), 943–961. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12266
  • King, G. A., Zwaigenbaum, L., King, S., Baxter, D., Rosenbaum, P., & Bates, A. (2006). A qualitative investigation of changes in the belief systems of families of children with autism or Down syndrome. Child: Care, Health and Development, 32(3), 353–369. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00571.x
  • Knight, G. P., Gonzales, N. A., Saenz, D. S., Bonds, D. D., Germán, M., Deardorff, J., Roosa, M. W., & Updegraff, K. A. (2010). The Mexican American cultural values scale for adolescents and adults. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 30(3), 444–481. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431609338178
  • Koenig, H., Koenig, H. G., King, D., & Carson, V. B. (2012). Handbook of religion and health. Oup.
  • Lawton, K. E., Gerdes, A. C., Haack, L. M., & Schneider, B. (2014). Acculturation, cultural values, and Latino parental beliefs about the etiology of ADHD. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 41(2), 189–204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-012-0447-3
  • Mak, W. W., & Cheung, R. Y. (2008). Affiliate stigma among caregivers of people with intellectual disability or mental illness. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 21(6), 532–545. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3148.2008.00426.x
  • Malhotra, K., Gonzalez-Guarda, R. M., & Mitchell, E. M. (2015). A review of teen dating violence prevention research. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 16(4), 444–465. https://doi.org/10.1177/2F1524838014537903
  • Marín-Chollom, A. M., & Revenson, T. A. (2021). Cultural values as a resilience resource for Latino/a adolescents and young adults coping with parental cancer. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 40(1), 26–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2021.1881197
  • Marshall, E. S., Olsen, S. F., Mandleco, B. L., Dyches, T. T., Allred, K. W., & Sansom, N. (2003). “This is a spiritual experience”: Perspectives of Latter-Day Saint families living with a child with disabilities. Qualitative Health Research, 13(1), 57–76. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732302239411
  • Mirandé, A. (1991). Fatherhood and ethnicity. In F. W. Bozett & S. M. H. Hanson (Eds.), Fatherhood and families in cultural context (pp. 53–81). Springer.
  • Mogro-Wilson, C., Rojas, R., & Haynes, J. (2016). A cultural understanding of the parenting practices of Puerto Rican fathers. Social Work Research, 1–11.
  • Mukolo, A., Heflinger, C. A., & Wallston, K. A. (2010). The stigma of childhood mental disorders: A conceptual framework. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 49(2), 92–103. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-201002000-00003
  • Neece, C. L., Chan, N., Klein, K., Roberts, L., & Fenning, R. M. (2018). Mindfulness-based stress reduction for parents of children with developmental delays: Understanding the experiences of Latino families. Mindfulness, 10(6), 1017–1030. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-018-1011-3
  • Ojeda, L., & Piña-Watson, B. (2014). Caballerismo may protect against the role of machismo on Mexican day laborers’ self-esteem. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 15(3), 288–295. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033450
  • Oxhandler, H. K., & Pargament, K. I. (2014). Social work practitioners’ integration of clients’ religion and spirituality in practice: A literature review. Social Work, 59(3), 271–279.https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swu018
  • Park, C. L., & Dornelas, E. (2012). Is religious coping related to better quality of life following acute myocardial infarction? Journal of Religion and Health, 51(4), 1337–1346.
  • Parker, J. A., Mandleco, B., Olsen Roper, S., Freeborn, D., & Dyches, T. T. (2011). Spirituality, and marital relationships of parents raising a typically developing child or a child with a disability. Journal of Family Nursing, 17(1), 82–104. Religiosity https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840710394856
  • Park, C. L., Masters, K. S., Salsman, J. M., Wachholtz, A., Clements, A. D., Salmoirago, Blotcher, E., Wischenka, D. M. … (2017). Advancing our understanding of religion and spirituality in the context of behavioral medicine. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 40(1), 39–51.
  • Perez-Brena, N. J., Updegraff, K. A., & Umaña-Taylor, A. J. (2015). Transmission of cultural values among Mexican-origin parents and their adolescent and emerging adult offspring. Family Process, 54(2), 232–246. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12114
  • Poston, D. J., & Turnbull, A. P. (2004). Role of spirituality and religion in family quality of life for families of children with disabilities. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 39(2), 95–108. Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities.
  • Price, L. (1987). Ecuadorian illness stories: Cultural knowledge in natural discourse. In D. Holland & N. Quinn (Eds.), Cultural models in language and thought (pp. 313–342). Cambridge University Press.
  • Pugh, M., Perrin, P. B., Watson, J. D., Kuzu, D., Tyler, C., Villaseñor, T., Lageman, S. K., & Moreno, O. A. (2023). Psychometric investigation of the affiliate stigma scale in Mexican Parkinson’s disease caregivers: Development of a short form. NeuroRehabilitation, 52(1), 71–81. https://doi.org/10.3233/NRE-210105
  • Salkas, K., Magaña, S., Marques, I., & Mirza, M. (2016). Spirituality in Latino families of children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Family Social Work, 19(1), 38–55.
  • Shapiro, J. (1983). Family reactions and coping strategies in response to the physically ill or handicapped child: A review. Social Science & Medicine, 17(14), 913–931.
  • Shapiro, J., & Tittle, K. (1990). Maternal adaptation to child disability in a Hispanic population. Family Relations, 39(2), 179–185.
  • Singh, G. K., & Hiatt, R. A. (2006). Trends and disparities in socioeconomic and behavioural characteristics, life expectancy, and cause-specific mortality of native-born and foreign- born populations in the United States, 1979–2003. International Journal of Epidemiology, 35(4), 903–919.
  • Skinner, D., Bailey, D. B., Jr, Correa, V., & Rodriguez, P. (1999). Narrating self and disability: Latino mothers’ construction of identities vis-à-vis their child with special needs. Exceptional Children, 65(4), 481–495.
  • Skinner, D. G., Correa, V., Skinner, M., & Bailey, D. B.Jr, (2001). Role of religion in the lives of Latino families of young children with developmental delays. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 106(4), 297–313.
  • Son, E., Magaña, S., Pedraza, F. D., & Parish, S. L. (2020). Providers’ guidance to parents and service use for Latino children with developmental disabilities. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 125(1), 64–75. https://doi.org/10.1352/1944-7558-125.1.64
  • Steele, H., Bate, J., Steele, M., Dube, S. R., Danskin, K., Knafo, H., Nikitiades, A., Bonuck, K., Meissner, P., & Murphy, A. (2016). Adverse childhood experiences, poverty, and parenting stress. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue Canadienne Des Sciences Du Comportement, 48(1), 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000034
  • Torres, J. B., Solberg, V. S. H., & Carlstrom, A. H. (2002). The myth of sameness among Latino men and their machismo. The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 72(2), 163–181. https://doi.org/10.1037/0002-9432.72.2.163
  • Treloar, L. L. (2002). Disability, spiritual beliefs and the church: The experiences of adults with disabilities and family members. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40(5), 594–603. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02417.x
  • Turnbull, A. P., & Turnbull, H. R. (1993). Participatory research on cognitive coping: From concepts to research planning. In Cognitive coping, families, and disability (pp. 1–14). Paul H. Brookes Publishing.
  • Vasquez Guerrero, D. A. (2009). Hypermasculinity, intimate partner violence, sexual aggression, social support, and child maltreatment risk in urban, heterosexual fathers taking parenting classes. Child Welfare, 88(4), 135–155. 20405780
  • Weisner, T. S., Beizer, L., & Stolze, L. (1991). Religion and Families of. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 95(6), 647–662.
  • Zhang, D., & Rusch, F. R. (2005). The role of spirituality in living with disabilities. Journal of Religion, Disability & Health, 9(1), 83–98.
  • Zuckerman, K. E., Sinche, B., Mejia, A., Cobian, M., Becker, T., & Nicolaidis, C. (2014). Latino parents’ perspectives on barriers to autism diagnosis. Academic Pediatrics, 14(3), 301–308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2013.12.004

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.