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Parent Discrimination Predicts Mexican‐American Adolescent Psychological Adjustment 1 Year Later
Author(s) -
Espinoza Guadalupe,
Gonzales Nancy A.,
Fuligni Andrew J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12521
Subject(s) - psychology , socialization , ethnic group , mexican americans , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , ethnic discrimination , self esteem , statistics , mathematics , sociology , anthropology
This study examined whether Mexican‐American parents' experiences with discrimination are related to adolescent psychological adjustment over time. The extent to which associations between parent discrimination and adolescent adjustment vary as a function of parents' ethnic socialization of their children was also examined. Participants included 344 high school students from Mexican or Mexican‐American backgrounds (primarily second generation; ages 14–16 at Wave 1) and their primary caregivers who completed surveys in a 2‐year longitudinal study. Results revealed that parent discrimination predicted internalizing symptoms and self‐esteem among adolescents 1 year later. Additionally, adolescents were more likely to report low self‐esteem in relation to parents' increased experiences of discrimination when parents conveyed ethnic socialization messages to them.