An Examination of Acculturation, Social Support, and Health Outcomes among Chinese American Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities

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dc.contributor.authorDeng, Furjen
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-19T15:26:35Z
dc.date.available2021-01-19T15:26:35Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionDataseten_US
dc.description.abstractDataset for An Examination of Acculturation, Social Support, and Health Outcomes among Chinese American Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities. As new immigrants facing cultural and structural barriers, Asian American parents raising a child with developmental disabilities are expected to encounter greater frustration, stress, social isolation, and poorer health outcomes. Based on data collected from 57 Chinese American parents of children with developmental disabilities, this paper examines the relationships between social support, acculturation, disability severity level, and parent’s physical and mental health status. The findings showed that Chinese American mothers and fathers exhibited different pathways to better health outcomes. Overall social support, specific support from family and friends/co-workers, and community involvement were significant correlates of maternal physical and mental well-being. Fear of stigmatization was significantly and positively associated with maternal depressive symptoms. In contrast, education and employment status were significantly correlated with paternal physical and mental well-being. Parent’s age and child’s age were also found to be significantly and negatively correlated with paternal depressive symptoms. The child’s disability severity level was not associated with parent’s physical and mental health. The findings also confirmed that Chinese American mothers experienced poor physical and mental health compared to Chinese American fathers. The implications and limitations of the study are also discussed.en_US
dc.description.departmentSociology
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) disclose receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by a grant award from the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities (2015–2019) and the Sam Houston State University, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 2017 Internal Grant.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/2932
dc.subjectacculturationen_US
dc.subjectChinese American parentsen_US
dc.subjectdevelopmental disabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectphysical and mental well-beingen_US
dc.subjectsocial supporten_US
dc.titleAn Examination of Acculturation, Social Support, and Health Outcomes among Chinese American Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilitiesen_US
dc.typeDataseten_US

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