Authoritarian parenting can lead to depression and somatization in young Mexican American and Dominican American children, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Social Work.
The study, led by social work professor Esther Calzada and published in the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, examined the prevalence of internalizing behaviors including anxiety, depression, and somatization (when a person has physical symptoms but no physical cause can be found) in Mexican American and Dominican American children aged 4-6, and tested their association to parenting practices.
The study found that almost 50 percent of children were at risk for anxiety, and 10 percent for depression and somatization, with these rates persisting over time. Internalizing disorders such as anxiety, depression and somatization are the most common childhood mental health problems. Latino youths experience higher levels of these disorders than the general population.
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