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Testing the Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Discrepancy Hypothesis: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT: This 2½-year, 5-wave longitudinal study tests the hypothesis that acculturation discrepancies between Hispanic immigrant parents and adolescents would lead to compromised family functioning, which would then lead to problematic adolescent outcomes. Recent-immigrant Hispanic parent-adolescent dyads (N = 302) completed measures of acculturation and family functioning. Adolescents completed measures of positive youth development, depressive symptoms, problem behavior, and substance use. Results indicated that Time 1 discrepancies in Hispanic-culture retention, and linear trajectories in some of these discrepancies, negatively predicted adolescent positive youth development, and positively predicted adolescent depressive symptoms and binge drinking, indirectly through adolescent-reported family functioning. The vast majority of effects were mediated rather than direct, supporting the acculturation discrepancy hypothesis. Implications for further research and intervention are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Schwartz SJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5014429 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Testing the Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Discrepancy Hypothesis: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Study.

Schwartz Seth J SJ Unger Jennifer B JB Baezconde-Garbanati Lourdes L Zamboanga Byron L BL Córdova David D Lorenzo-Blanco Elma I EI Huang Shi S Des Rosiers Sabrina E SE Soto Daniel W DW Lizzi Karina M KM Villamar Juan A JA Pattarroyo Monica M Szapocznik José J

Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence 20150714 3

This 2½-year, 5-wave longitudinal study tests the hypothesis that acculturation discrepancies between Hispanic immigrant parents and adolescents would lead to compromised family functioning, which would then lead to problematic adolescent outcomes. Recent-immigrant Hispanic parent-adolescent dyads (<i>N</i> = 302) completed measures of acculturation and family functioning. Adolescents completed measures of positive youth development, depressive symptoms, problem behavior, and substance use. Resu ...[more]

PMID: 27616871

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Testing the Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Discrepancy Hypothesis: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Study.

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Testing the Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Discrepancy Hypothesis: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Study.

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