Child Development
Volume 86, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 726-748

Developmental Trajectories of Acculturation: Links With Family Functioning and Mental Health in Recent-Immigrant Hispanic Adolescents (Article)

Schwartz S.J.* , Unger J.B. , Zamboanga B.L. , Córdova D. , Mason C.A. , Huang S. , Baezconde-Garbanati L. , Lorenzo-Blanco E.I. , Des Rosiers S.E. , Soto D.W. , Villamar J.A. , Pattarroyo M. , Lizzi K.M. , Szapocznik J.
  • a University of Miami, United States
  • b University of Southern California, United States
  • c Smith College, United States
  • d University of Michigan, United States
  • e University of Maine, United States
  • f University of Miami, United States
  • g University of Southern California, United States
  • h University of South Carolina, United States
  • i Barry University, United States
  • j University of Southern California, United States
  • k Northwestern University, United States
  • l University of Southern California, United States
  • m University of Miami, United States
  • n University of Miami, United States

Abstract

The present study was designed to examine acculturative changes, and their effects on mental health and family functioning, in recent-immigrant Hispanic adolescents. A sample of 302 Hispanic adolescents was assessed five times over a 21/2-year period. Participants completed measures of Hispanic and U.S. practices, collectivist and individualist values, and ethnic and U.S. identity at each time point. Baseline and Time 5 levels of mental health and family functioning were also assessed. Latent class growth analyses produced two-class solutions for practices, values, and identifications. Adolescents who increased over time in practices and values reported the most adaptive mental health and family functioning. Adolescents who did not change in any acculturation domain reported the least favorable mental health and family functioning. © 2015 The Authors.

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Index Keywords

male Emigrants and Immigrants human Acculturation female migrant cultural factor ethnology Hispanic Americans mental health adolescent development Humans family psychology Hispanic Adolescent
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84929045457&doi=10.1111%2fcdev.12341&partnerID=40&md5=9adc6416993004e6f5b77821578300a2
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12341
ISSN: 00093920
Cited by: 31
Original Language: English