Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 457-470

The Longitudinal Associations Between Discrimination, Depressive Symptoms, and Prosocial Behaviors in U.S. Latino/a Recent Immigrant Adolescents (Article)

Davis A.N.* , Carlo G. , Schwartz S.J. , Unger J.B. , Zamboanga B.L. , Lorenzo-Blanco E.I. , Cano M.Á. , Baezconde-Garbanati L. , Oshri A. , Streit C. , Martinez M.M. , Piña-Watson B. , Lizzi K. , Soto D.
  • a University of Missouri, 314 Gentry Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
  • b University of Missouri, 410 Gentry Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
  • c Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 N.W. 14th Street, 10th Floor, Miami, FL 33136, United States
  • d Institute for Prevention Research (IPR), University of Southern California, 2001 N Soto Street, 3rd Floor, MC 9239, SSB 302P, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States
  • e Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, United States
  • f Barnwell College, University of South Carolina, Room 461, Columbia, SC 29208, United States
  • g Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street AHC 5-488, Miami, FL 33199, United States
  • h University of South Carolina, SSB 302K, 2001 N Soto Street, Suite 201-D, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States
  • i University of Georgia, 208 Family Science Center, 305 Sanford Drive, Athens, GA 30602, United States
  • j University of Missouri, 314 Gentry Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
  • k University of Missouri, 314 Gentry Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
  • l Texas Tech University, MS 2051 Psychological Sciences Building, Lubbock, TX 79409-2051, United States
  • m InVentiv Health Clinical, 504 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ 08543, United States
  • n Krek School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States

Abstract

The links between discrimination and adjustment in U.S. Latino/a immigrant adolescents is an important but understudied phenomenon. We aimed to investigate the longitudinal associations (across 1 year) among discrimination, prosocial behaviors, and depressive symptoms in U.S. Latino immigrant adolescents using two competing models: associations between discrimination and prosocial behaviors via depressive symptoms (mental health strain model), and associations between discrimination and depressive symptoms via prosocial behaviors (prosociality strain model). Participants were 302 Latino/a recent immigrant adolescents (53.3 % boys, M age = 14.51 years at Time 1, SD = .88 years) who completed measures of discrimination, depressive symptoms, and prosocial behaviors at 6-month intervals. The results provided support for both proposed models. The discussion examines the importance of prosocial behaviors in understanding adjustment and effects of discrimination among recently immigrated U.S. Latino adolescents. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Prosocial behaviors discrimination U.S. Latina/o youth Depressive symptoms

Index Keywords

depression Models, Psychological longitudinal study psychological model human Longitudinal Studies sex difference Cuba ethnology Mexico Hispanic Americans United States Humans migrant psychology Hispanic Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants Acculturation female cultural factor Sex Factors social discrimination social behavior
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84957950250&doi=10.1007%2fs10964-015-0394-x&partnerID=40&md5=ea38c9499ad6963ab3e44ecad847adb1
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-015-0394-x
ISSN: 00472891
Cited by: 22
Original Language: English