Cultural Orientations, Daily Activities, and Adjustment in Mexican American Youth

Autor/inn/en	McHale, Susan M.; Updegraff, Kimberly A.; Kim, Ji-Yeon; Cansler, Emily
Titel	Cultural Orientations, Daily Activities, and Adjustment in Mexican American Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38 (2009) 5, S.627-641 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-008-9321-8
Schlagwörter	Television Viewing; Siblings; Leisure Time; Mexican Americans; After School Programs; Hispanic Americans; Youth; Depression (Psychology); Fathers; Mothers; Acculturation; Interviews; Adolescents; Language Usage; Social Life; Values; Academic Achievement; Risk; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Religion; Parent Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fernsehkonsum; Sibling; Geschwister; Freizeit; Hispanoamerikaner; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Hispanic; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Mother; Mutter; Akkulturation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Sprachgebrauch; Soziales Leben; Wertbegriff; Schulleistung; Risiko; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	The links between youth's daily activities and adjustment and the role of cultural practices and values in these links were studied in 469 youth from 237 Mexican American families. In home interviews, data on mothers', fathers', and two adolescent-age siblings' cultural practices (language use, social contacts) and values (for familism, for education achievement) were collected, along with data on youth risky behavior and depressive symptoms. In 7 nightly phone calls, youth reported on their day's free time activities (i.e., sports, academics, religious activities, television viewing, and hanging out). Analyses revealed that youth who spent more time in unsupervised hanging out reported more depressive symptoms and risky behavior, and those who spent more time in academic activities reported less risky behavior. Results also indicated that more Anglo-oriented youth spent more time in sports, that more Mexican-oriented youth spent more time watching television, that fathers' familism values were related to youth's time in religious activities, and that parents' educational values were linked to youth's time in academic activities. Some evidence indicated that parents' cultural practices and values, particularly fathers', moderated the links between daily activities and youth adjustment. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10