The Stressful (and Not So Stressful) Nature of Language Brokering: Identifying When Brokering Functions as a Cultural Stressor for Latino Immigrant Children in Early Adolescence
The Stressful (and Not So Stressful) Nature of Language Brokering: Identifying When Brokering Functions as a Cultural Stressor for Latino Immigrant Children in Early Adolescence
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DOI：
10.1007/s10964-013-0061-z
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发表时间：
2014-12-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Lazarevic, Vanja
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作者：
Kam, Jennifer A.;Lazarevic, Vanja
语言中介在移民家庭中仍然普遍存在，但人们普遍认为，语言中介是一种文化压力源，会对移民青年的健康造成不利影响。然而，很少有研究测试这一假设，特别是在使用纵向数据并捕获经纪的多个维度时。因此，本研究探讨了抑郁症状和家庭文化适应压力如何调节经纪各个方面（即经纪频率、对经纪的积极和消极感受、经纪规范和经纪功效）与酒精、香烟和大麻使用及其他危险行为之间的关系。使用 234 名 6 至 8 年级拉丁裔青少年（男（年龄）= 12.4 岁；女= 46.2 %）的纵向调查数据，父母的中介通过家庭文化适应压力间接影响了酒精和大麻的使用；然而，当考虑到负面的经纪感受和经纪作为一个人的时间负担时，这些显着的间接影响变得不显着。对经纪的积极或有效的感觉或有支持经纪的规范并不能直接预测任何不良的心理和行为健康结果。然而，适度分析表明，当拉丁裔早期青少年的经纪效能（例如，对自己的经纪能力充满信心）或描述性经纪规范（例如，经常将同龄人视为经纪）较高时，父母的经纪似乎并没有起到压力源的作用。相比之下，当拉丁裔早期青少年将经纪视为一种负担时，父母的经纪就成为一种压力源，使拉丁裔早期青少年面临家庭文化适应压力，进而面临酗酒和吸食大麻的风险。这些发现表明了经纪业务的复杂性。
Language brokering remains prevalent among immigrant families, but it is widely assumed that brokering functions as a cultural stressor, resulting in adverse health outcomes for immigrant youth. Few studies, however, have tested this assumption, particularly while using longitudinal data and capturing multiple dimensions of brokering. Thus, this study examined how depressive symptoms and family-based acculturation stress mediated the relationships between various aspects of brokering (i.e., frequency of brokering, positive and negative feelings about brokering, brokering norms, and brokering efficacy) and alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use and other risky behaviors. Using longitudinal survey data from 234 Latino early adolescents in 6th-8th grades (M (age) = 12.4 years; Females = 46.2 %), brokering for parents indirectly affected alcohol and marijuana use through family-based acculturation stress; however, these significant indirect effects became non-significant when taking into account negative brokering feelings and brokering as a burden on one's time. Feeling positively or efficacious about brokering or having pro-brokering norms did not directly predict any adverse mental and behavioral health outcomes. Moderation analyses, however, revealed that brokering for parents did not seem to function as a stressor when Latino early adolescents were high in brokering efficacy (e.g., feeling confident in one's ability to broker) or descriptive brokering norms (e.g., perceiving one's peers as brokering often). By contrast, when Latino early adolescents perceived brokering as a burden, brokering for parents functioned as a stressor, placing Latino early adolescents at risk for family-based acculturation stress, and in turn, alcohol and marijuana use. Such findings point to the complexity of brokering.