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Maternal Cognitions about Distress and Anxiety in Young Latino Children with Disruptive Behaviors

Emily Arcia

Mount Sinai Medical Center earcia{at}sbab.dade.k12.fl.us

Hector Castillo

Miami Behavioral Health Center

María C. Fernández

University of Miami Mailman Center

This study was undertaken to describe how Caribbean Latina mothers understand distress in children, the behaviors that they attribute to it, and the labels that they use to express their cognitions. Findings from 62 mothers of young children with disruptive behaviors indicated that mothers made attributions about anxiety in 40% of the children with a high likeli-hood of clinical anxiety. Hyperactive and restless behavior, but not children’s fears, was understood by mothers to reflect anxiety. References to ‘nervios’ could be categorized into: an illness condition, a crisis condition, and a temperament type. Only temperament usage was applied to children.

Key Words: anxiety • children • Latino • mothers • nervios

Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 41, No. 1, 99-119 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1363461504041356
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