Child Development
Volume 90, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 506-523

Longitudinal Trajectories of Family Functioning Among Recent Immigrant Adolescents and Parents: Links With Adolescent and Parent Cultural Stress, Emotional Well-Being, and Behavioral Health (Article)

Lorenzo-Blanco E.I.* , Meca A. , Piña-Watson B. , Zamboanga B.L. , Szapocznik J. , Cano M.Á. , Cordova D. , Unger J.B. , Romero A. , Des Rosiers S.E. , Soto D.W. , Villamar J.A. , Pattarroyo M. , Lizzi K.M. , Schwartz S.J.
  • a University of Texas at Austin, United States
  • b Old Dominion University, United States
  • c Texas Tech University, United States
  • d Smith College, United States
  • e University of Miami, United States
  • f Florida International University, United States
  • g University of Michigan, United States
  • h University of Southern California, United States
  • i University of Arizona, United States
  • j Barry University, United States
  • k University of Southern California, United States
  • l Northwestern University, United States
  • m University of Southern California, United States
  • n University of Michigan, United States
  • o University of Miami, United States

Abstract

This study examined longitudinal effects of adolescent and parent cultural stress on adolescent and parent emotional well-being and health behaviors via trajectories of adolescent and parent family functioning. Recent immigrant Latino adolescents (M age  = 14.51) and parents (M age  = 41.09; N = 302) completed measures of these constructs. Latent growth modeling indicated that adolescent and parent family functioning remained stable over time. Early levels of family functioning predicted adolescent and parent outcomes. Baseline adolescent cultural stress predicted lower positive adolescent and parent family functioning. Latent class growth analyses produced a two-class solution for family functioning. Adolescents and parents in the low family functioning class reported low family functioning over time. Adolescents and parents in the high family functioning class experienced increases in family functioning. © 2017 The Authors. Child Development © 2017 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.

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male controlled study female major clinical study immigrant family functioning emotional stress Article Health Behavior human wellbeing Hispanic Adolescent
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053070880&doi=10.1111%2fcdev.12914&partnerID=40&md5=1e22f44ff035317d5fdd8f39ea89d82c
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12914
ISSN: 00093920
Cited by: 5
Original Language: English