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Figure 1. Adapted Three-Level Model for Viewing Marriage 1

Environmental, Attitudinal, and Social Context Factors as Predictors of Immigrant Mexican Wives’ Personal and Marital Well-being Yuliana Rodriguez & Jinni Su University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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Figure 1. Adapted Three-Level Model for Viewing Marriage 1

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  1. Environmental, Attitudinal, and Social Context Factors as Predictors of Immigrant Mexican Wives’ Personal and Marital Well-being Yuliana Rodriguez & Jinni Su University of North Carolina at Greensboro The authors acknowledge Heather Helms, Jill Walls, and Monsy Bonilla. We also thanks the families for their time and participation. Funding provided by a UNCG Regular Faculty Grant and Agricultural Research Service Award (PI, Dr. Heather Helms).

  2. A: Marital Behavior in the Context of Parenthood a1: Macrobehavioral patterns a2: Microbehavioral patterns B: Individuals b1: Spouses’ personal qualities b2: Spouses’ marriage-specific beliefs and attitudes #1 Figure 1. Adapted Three-Level Model for Viewing Marriage1 1From “The Social Ecology of Marriage and Other Intimate Unions” by T. L. Huston, 2000, Journal of Marriage and Family, 62, p. 300. Adapted with permission of the author by Helms, Supple, & Proulx (under review). #2 #5 • C: Macroenvironment • c1: Macrosocietal context • c1i: Sociohistorical • c1ii: Cultural background • cliii: Socioeconomic • c2: Spouses’ ecological niche • c2i: Social environment • c2ii: Physical environment #3 #6 #4

  3. Research Questions • Explore individual and environmental factors link to psychological and marital well-being • Specific interest in the relation between pressure to acculturate and well-being. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses are used to address these question.

  4. Sample Characteristics

  5. Cont’d Sample Characteristics

  6. Descriptive StatisticsN=120 Couples • Marital Status: 69.2% married, 30.8% cohabiting • Child Gender: 58.3% male, 41.7% female • Ethnicity: • Wives: 95.8% Mexican, 1.7% Puerto Rican, 2.5% other Latin origin • Husbands: 93.3% Mexican, .8% Puerto Rican, 5.8% other Latin origin • Parents’ Birth Place: • Wives: 93.3% Mexico, 4.2% US, 2.5% other Latin country • Husbands: 90.8% Mexico, 3.3% US, 5.8% other Latin country

  7. Cont’d Descriptive Statistics • Employment Status: • Husbands: 98.3% employed, 1.7% non-employed • Wives: 54.2% employed, 45.8% non-employed • Acculturation Status: • Wives: 85% Mexican oriented, 13.3% Mexican/bicultural, 1.7 % slightly Anglo oriented • Husbands: 69.2% Mexican oriented, 29.2% Mexican/bicultural, 1.7% slightly Anglo oriented

  8. Measures

  9. Cont’d Measures

  10. Cont’d Measures

  11. Environmental, Attitudinal, and Social Context Predictors of Wives’ Depression Note: +p < .1.*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.

  12. Environmental, Attitudinal, and Social Context Predictors of Wives’ Marital Love Note: +p < .1.*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.

  13. Environmental, Attitudinal, and Social Context Predictors of Wives’ Satisfaction Note: +p < .1.*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.

  14. Links between Wives’ Acculturative Stress and Reports of Marital Love as a Function of Marriage Work with Friends Note: +p < .1.*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.

  15. Links between Acculturative Stress and Marital Love at Low, Medium, and High Levels of Marriage Work with Friends

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