Open AccessIntergenerational transmission of cultural socialization and effects on young children’s developmental competencies among Mexican-origin families.
Author(s) -
Chelsea Derlan Williams,
Diamond Y. Bravo,
Adriana J. UmañaTaylor,
Kimberly A. Updegraff,
Laudan B. Jahromi,
Stefanie MartinezFuentes,
María de Jesus Elias
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
developmental psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.318
H-Index - 213
eISSN - 1939-0599
pISSN - 0012-1649
DOI - 10.1037/dev0000859
Subject(s) - socialization , psychology , developmental psychology , psycinfo , mediation , child rearing , cultural transmission in animals , longitudinal study , medline , biology , genetics , statistics , mathematics , political science , law
The current 3-generation ( N = 204 families), 3-year longitudinal study examined the intergenerational transmission of cultural socialization among Mexican-origin young mothers and their own mothers (i.e., children's grandmothers) and, in turn, whether young mothers' cultural socialization informed their children's developmental competencies (i.e., interactive play with peers, receptive language, and internalizing and externalizing problem behavior) one year later. Results indicated that mediation was significant, such that grandmother-mother cultural socialization, when children were 3 years old, informed greater mother-child cultural socialization when children were 4 years old, which, in turn, informed children's greater receptive language and interactive play with peers when children were 5 years old. Findings highlight the importance of intergenerational cultural socialization on young children's developmental competencies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).