A Longitudinal Analysis of Acculturation Differences between Immigrant Latino Parents and Youth: Implications on Family Functioning and Youth Development

 描述(申请人提供)：拉美裔移民的子女是美国儿童人口中增长最快的部分(Passel，2011)。因此，重要的是审查在非家庭原籍国的经历如何影响青年发展。这项拟议的研究旨在研究拉美裔移民家庭中的父母-青年文化适应差异(AD)如何直接和间接地与青年的情感、行为和认知功能有关。对AD与青年结局关系的研究得出的结果好坏参半(Telzer，2010)。一些工作表明，AD对青少年社会情感(Schofield，Parke，Kim，Coltre，2008)、物质使用(Marsiglia，Nagoshi，Parsai，Booth和Castro，2014)和行为(Szapocznik，Santisteban，Kurtines，Ferez-Vidal&Hervis，1984)结果之间的关联存在问题，而其他工作则不是这样。在目前的工作中注意到了一些方法、概念和衡量方面的限制。为了调和这些矛盾，本研究试图纵向考察：(1)AD如何影响对青少年发展至关重要的家庭过程；(2)AD如何影响青少年的情绪、行为和认知功能；以及(3)AD如何通过对家庭过程的影响间接影响青少年的发展。将从加州中部地区的高中招募450个拉美裔移民家庭的样本。每年将从这些家庭收集关于以下方面的数据：父母和青年的文化适应层面(即文化价值观、身份认同和语言使用)；对青年总体发展很重要的家庭进程(即父母监督、沟通和凝聚力)以及移民家庭中突出的家庭进程(即语言中介和父母教养)；以及青年的社会情感健康、危险行为、学业成就和自我调节。本研究旨在通过以下方式对这一研究领域做出重要贡献：在文化适应测量中使用多维方法；检查AD对青年发展的纵向影响；利用统计学上的新方法(潜在差异分数分析)计算AD；确定特定家庭 作为影响AD-青年成果关系的机制的进程；并为今后旨在改善拉美裔移民青年福祉和缩小健康差距的预防努力提供信息。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Children of Latino-origin immigrants are the fastest growing sector of the US child population (Passel, 2011). Thus, it is important to examine how experiences in a country that is not the family's country of origin impinges on youth development. The proposed study seeks to examine how parent-youth acculturation differences (AD) among Latino immigrant families are directly and indirectly linked to youth emotional, behavioral, and cognitive functioning. Research examining the AD-youth outcomes relationship has rendered mixed findings (Telzer, 2010). Some work indicates a problematic association between AD on youth socio-emotional (Schofield, Parke, Kim, Coltrane, 2008), substance use (Marsiglia, Nagoshi, Parsai, Booth, & Castro, 2014), and behavioral (Szapocznik, Santisteban, Kurtines, Ferez-Vidal & Hervis, 1984) outcomes, while other work does not. Several methodological, conceptual, and measurement limitations have been noted in the current body of work. To reconcile these inconsistencies this study seeks to examine longitudinally: (1) how AD affects family processes that are central to youth development and are salient for immigrant families; (2) how AD affects youth emotional, behavioral, and cognitive functioning; and (3) how AD indirectly affects youth development through its effects on family processes. A sample of 450 Latino immigrant families will be recruited from high schools in the Central California area. Data will be collected every year for three years from these families on: parent and youth dimensions of acculturation (i.e., cultural values, identity, and language use); family processes that are important for youth development in general (i.e., parental monitoring, communication, and cohesion) and those that are salient among immigrant families (i.e., language brokering and parentification); and youth socio-emotional well-being, risk behaviors, academic achievement, and self-regulation. This study is positioned to make several important contributions to this area of research by: using a multidimensional approach in the measurement of acculturation; examining the longitudinal ramifications of AD on youth development; utilizing a statistically novel approach (latent- difference score analyses) to calculate the AD; identifying specific family processes that serve as mechanisms of influence in the AD-youth outcomes relationship; and informing future prevention efforts geared towards improving the well-being and reducing health disparities among Latino immigrant youth.