Mother-youth acculturation gaps and health-risking/emotional problems among latin-american adolescents
Span. j. psychol
; 18: e52.1-e52.13, 2015. tab, ilus
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
Second-generation Latin-American adolescents tend to show higher levels of various health-risking behaviors and emotional problems than first-generation Latin-American adolescents. This cross-sectional study of 40 mother-adolescent dyads examined the association of mother-youth acculturation gaps to youth adjustment problems. Intergenerational acculturation gaps were assessed as a bidimensional self-report component and a novel observational measurement component. The Latin-American adolescents were predominantly second-generation of Mexican descent (Mage = 13.42 years, SD = 0.55). Most of the mothers were born in Mexico (Mage = 39.18 years, SD = 5.17). Data were collected from mothers, adolescents, and coders, using questionnaires, structured interviews, and videotaped mother-youth interaction tasks. Findings revealed generally weak support for the acculturation gap-distress hypothesis. In addition, stronger relative adherence to their heritage culture by the adolescents was significantly (p < .05, ES = 0.15) related to less engagement in early health-risking sexual behaviors, possibly reflecting selective acculturation processes. Mother-youth acculturation gaps in orientation to the heritage culture were the most salient dimension, changing the focus on the original formulation of the acculturation gap-distress hypothesis (AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Psychometrics
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Sexual Behavior
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Hypothesis-Testing
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Adolescent Behavior
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Psychology, Adolescent
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Affective Symptoms
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Depression
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Acculturation
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
English
Journal:
Span. j. psychol
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Oregon Social Learning Center/USA
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University of Houston/USA
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University of Southern California/USA