| Literature DB >> 25644262 |
Seth J Schwartz1, Jennifer B Unger2, Byron L Zamboanga3, David Córdova4, Craig A Mason5, Shi Huang1, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati2, Elma I Lorenzo-Blanco6, Sabrina E Des Rosiers7, Daniel W Soto2, Juan A Villamar8, Monica Pattarroyo2, Karina M Lizzi1, José Szapocznik1.
Abstract
The present study was designed to examine acculturative changes, and their effects on mental health and family functioning, in recent-immigrant Hispanic adolescents. A sample of 302 Hispanic adolescents was assessed five times over a 2½-year period. Participants completed measures of Hispanic and U.S. practices, collectivist and individualist values, and ethnic and U.S. identity at each time point. Baseline and Time 5 levels of mental health and family functioning were also assessed. Latent class growth analyses produced two-class solutions for practices, values, and identifications. Adolescents who increased over time in practices and values reported the most adaptive mental health and family functioning. Adolescents who did not change in any acculturation domain reported the least favorable mental health and family functioning.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25644262 PMCID: PMC4429014 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12341
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Dev ISSN: 0009-3920