Relational maintenance among separated Latina/o/x/e immigrant families: exploring the lived experiences of parents and children

IF 5.4 3区材料科学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

ACS Applied Energy Materials Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.1093/hcr/hqad052

Roselia Mendez Murillo, Jennifer A Kam, Andy J Merolla

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Abstract

Prior relational maintenance research primarily (a) considers only one family member’s perspective, (b) explores introspective communication, and (c) examines romantic relationships among highly resourced white samples in the United States. This study considered low-income, Latina/o/x/e immigrant families’ maintenance before, during, and after migration-related separation, using standpoint theory, social communication theory, and the long-distance relational maintenance model. We conducted semi-structured interviews with Latina/o/x/e parents and children who lived in separate countries (N = 20 dyads). Findings cast light on temporal (e.g., fathers often provided little to no notice to children of the upcoming separation, complicating the families’ ability to prospectively co-construct relational continuity) and cultural factors (e.g., endorsing traditional gender norms, relying on mothers to explain the separation to children after it had begun) in families’ maintenance processes. This study offers new insight into how families communicatively construct “ongoingness” in their bonds despite emotional, technological, and legal challenges posed by migration-related separation.

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分离的拉丁/o/x/e移民家庭的关系维持:父母和孩子的生活经历探索

先前的关系维持研究主要是(a)只考虑一个家庭成员的观点，(b)探索内省沟通，(c)在美国资源丰富的白人样本中考察浪漫关系。本研究运用立场理论、社会交往理论和异地关系维持模型，研究了低收入、拉丁裔/非拉丁裔/非拉丁裔/非拉丁裔/非拉丁裔/非拉丁裔/非拉丁裔/非拉丁裔移民家庭在移民分离之前、期间和之后的维系问题。我们对居住在不同国家的拉丁裔/非拉丁裔/非拉丁裔/非拉丁裔父母和孩子进行了半结构化访谈(N = 20对)。研究结果揭示了家庭维持过程中的时间因素(例如，父亲通常很少或根本没有通知孩子即将到来的分离，使家庭前瞻性共同构建关系连续性的能力复杂化)和文化因素(例如，支持传统的性别规范，依赖母亲在分离开始后向孩子解释)。这项研究提供了新的见解，即尽管移民相关的分离带来了情感、技术和法律方面的挑战，但家庭如何在他们的纽带中沟通构建“持续”。

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ACS Applied Energy Materials Materials Science-Materials Chemistry

CiteScore

10.30

自引率

6.20%

发文量

1368

期刊介绍： ACS Applied Energy Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrate knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important energy applications.