Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume 48, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 1161-1174

Autonomy-related Parenting Processes and Adolescent Adjustment in Latinx Immigrant Families (Article)

Roche K.M.* , Lambert S.F. , White R.M.B. , Calzada E.J. , Little T.D. , Kuperminc G.P. , Schulenberg J.E.
  • a Department of Prevention & Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20052, United States
  • b Department of Psychology, The George Washington University, 2125G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052, United States
  • c T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 873701, Tempe, AZ 85287-3701, United States
  • d Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, 1925 San Jacinto Blvd, D3500, Austin, TX 78712, United States
  • e Educational Psychology and Leadership, Institute for Measurement, Methodology, Analysis, and Policy, 1009 Canton Ave., Lubbock, TX 79409-1071, United States, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, North-West University of South Africa, Potchefstroom, South Africa
  • f Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, 140 Decatur St., Suite 1112, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
  • g Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, United States

Abstract

It is unclear how autonomy-related parenting processes are associated with Latinx adolescent adjustment. This study uses Latent Profile Analysis to identify typologies of parental monitoring and parent–adolescent conflict and examines their association with Latinx youth’s school performance and depressive symptoms. The sample included 248 Latinx 9th and 10th graders (50% female) who completed surveys during fall (Time 1) and spring (Time 2) semesters of the school year. When compared to a high monitoring/low conflict parenting profile, a moderate monitoring/moderate conflict profile was associated with stronger declines in school performance; for boys, a high monitoring/moderately high conflict profile also was associated with greater increases in depressive symptoms. For Latinx immigrant families, researchers should consider monitoring and conflict as co-occurring processes. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

Latinx adolescents Parent–adolescent conflict school performance Parental monitoring latent profile analysis Depressive symptoms

Index Keywords

depression longitudinal study human Longitudinal Studies Emotional Adjustment Georgia ethnology Hispanic Americans academic achievement family conflict Humans migrant psychology Hispanic Adolescent Psychology, Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants child psychology female Parent-Child Relations Parenting social adaptation psychological adjustment personal autonomy Social Adjustment academic performance child parent relation
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85062720966&doi=10.1007%2fs10964-019-01010-5&partnerID=40&md5=44bc7a57580b1c433dd9cda18ca6fb7e
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-019-01010-5
ISSN: 00472891
Original Language: English