Journal of Youth and Adolescence
2019

Parent–Adolescent Acculturation Profiles and Adolescent Language Brokering Experiences in Mexican Immigrant Families (Article)

Zhang M.* , Kim S.Y. , Hou Y. , Shen Y.
  • a Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 108 E. Dean Keeton St., Stop A2702, Austin, TX 78712-1248, United States
  • b Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
  • c Department of Family Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States
  • d School of Family and Consumer Scienes, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, United States

Abstract

Language brokering is a special form of interpersonal communication that is affected by the cultural and relational settings in which it occurs. The current study explores whether parent–adolescent acculturation status may influence Mexican American adolescent language brokers’ translation experiences, including brokering frequency and attitudes. Using data from a two-wave longitudinal study (Nwave1 = 604; Nwave2 = 483; Mwave1.age = 12.91; 54.3% female), latent profile analyses were conducted, resulting in four mother–adolescent acculturation profiles as well as three father–adolescent profiles. The adolescent integrated–parent (moderately) separated profiles emerged as the most effective for brokers, as adolescents in this profile generally experienced more positive and less negative brokering attitudes, regardless of their brokering frequency. Parent–adolescent acculturation profiles may be a useful construct in capturing the interplay of cultural and relational settings and their effects on multifaceted language brokering experiences. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

Language brokering Parent–adolescent dyads Parent–adolescent acculturation profiles Acculturation

Index Keywords

male case report female human immigrant longitudinal study clinical article language cultural factor Mexican American Article father human experiment Adolescent
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85068183730&doi=10.1007%2fs10964-019-01064-5&partnerID=40&md5=cd04157db1a7e6954c2d99a6622b6e7c
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-019-01064-5
ISSN: 00472891
Original Language: English