Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume 47, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 460-472

Longitudinal Associations between Maternal Involvement, Cultural Orientations, and Prosocial Behaviors Among Recent Immigrant Latino Adolescents (Article)

Davis A.N.* , Carlo G. , Streit C. , Schwartz S.J. , Unger J.B. , Baezconde-Garbanati L. , Szapocznik J.
  • a University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
  • b University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
  • c University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
  • d University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States
  • e University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • f University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
  • g University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States

Abstract

Prosocial behaviors (i.e., actions that benefit others) are important markers of healthy social functioning, and understanding the factors that predict such outcomes among recent immigrant Latino adolescents is important. The current study examines the longitudinal associations between maternal involvement and prosocial behaviors via collectivism values. Data comes from a longitudinal project (Construyendo Oportunidades Para los Adolescentes Latinos) of 302 recently immigrated U.S. Latina/o adolescents (53.3% male, average age = 14.51 years old). The current study uses data from three times points across 2 years. The results demonstrated that maternal involvement was positively associated with collectivism values. Collectivism was positively associated with changes in prosocial behaviors. There was also partial support for a reverse-causal model. Discussion focuses on the links among parenting, cultural values, and prosocial behaviors among immigrant U.S. Latina/o adolescents. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

Prosocial behaviors Cultural values Maternal involvement Latina/o youth

Index Keywords

cultural value Social Values cultural anthropology immigrant longitudinal study social psychology Social Identification human Longitudinal Studies Mother-Child Relations ethnology Hispanic Americans Florida Humans migrant psychology Hispanic Adolescent California male Emigrants and Immigrants female juvenile Parenting Adolescent Behavior sex factor Sex Factors child parent relation Los Angeles mother child relation social behavior Culture
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85038119225&doi=10.1007%2fs10964-017-0792-3&partnerID=40&md5=69effae389190b3610508df494a29eeb
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-017-0792-3
ISSN: 00472891
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English