Mother-Adolescent Language Proficiency and Adolescent Academic and Emotional Adjustment among Chinese American Families

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Lisa L.; Benner, Aprile D.; Lau, Anna S.; Kim, Su Yeong
Titel	Mother-Adolescent Language Proficiency and Adolescent Academic and Emotional Adjustment among Chinese American Families
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38 (2009) 4, S.572-586 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-008-9358-8
Schlagwörter	Language Maintenance; Grade Point Average; Mothers; Reading Achievement; Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Chinese Americans; Depression (Psychology); Language Proficiency; English (Second Language); Mathematics Achievement; Parent Influence; Native Speakers; Student Adjustment; Immigrants; Cultural Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachpflege; Mother; Mutter; Leseleistung; Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Asian immigrant; Chinese; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; Chinesen; USA; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Muttersprachler; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Kultureller Unterschied
Abstract	This study examined the role of adolescents' and mothers' self-reports of English and heritage language proficiency in youth's academic and emotional adjustment among 444 Chinese American families. Adolescents who were proficient in English tended to exhibit higher reading achievement scores, math achievement scores, and overall GPA. Mothers who were English proficient tended to have children with higher academic achievement and fewer depressive symptoms. Results also indicated that adolescents' heritage language maintenance was associated with positive adjustment, particularly amongst foreign-born youth and for youth whose parents were highly proficient in the heritage language. Mother-adolescent match in heritage language proficiency was related to higher math achievement scores and overall GPA. Additionally, higher heritage language proficiency was associated with fewer depressive symptoms for foreign-born but not U.S.-born youth. Overall, the findings suggest that proficiency in both the English and heritage language may confer advantages to Chinese American youth. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10