María Fernanda García, Pablo Montero-Zamora, Christopher P Salas-Wright, Mildred Maldonado-Molina, Maria Pineros-Leano, J C Hodges, Melissa Bates, Eric C Brown, Jose Rodríguez, Ivonne Calderón, Seth J Schwartz
Hurricane María caused significant devastation on the island of Puerto Rico, impacting thousands of lives. Puerto Rican crisis migrant families faced stress related to displacement and relocation (cultural stress), often exhibited mental health symptoms, and experienced distress at the family level. Although cultural stress has been examined as an individual experience, little work has focused on the experience as a family. To address this gap, we conducted a mixed-methods study designed to examine the predictive effects of cultural stress on family conflict and its mental health implications among Puerto Rican Hurricane María parent and child dyads living on the U...
April 17, 2024: Family Process