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- Title
Acculturation Gaps and Problem Behaviors among U.S. Southwestern Mexican Youth.
- Authors
Marsiglia, Flavio F.; Kulis, Stephen; FitzHarris, Blythe; Becerra, David
- Abstract
The article presents a study which examined the acculturation gaps between adolescents and their mothers within Mexican immigrant families and the problem behaviors among U.S. Southwestern Mexican youth. It begins with an overview of various acculturation research on immigrant families and a theoretical approach of the acculturation phenomenon from a culturally-specific perspective. It then cites the protective factors which shield acculturated Latino families from deviant behaviors among adolescents and the potential risk factors associated with parent-child acculturation gaps. These factors were further analysed through a set of regression models indicating the role of family cohesion, familism, family conflict and acculturation conflict among Mexican families.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ACCULTURATION; TEENAGERS &; society; MOTHERS; IMMIGRANT families; MEXICANS; YOUTH
- Publication
Social Work Forum, 2009, Vol 42/43, p6
- ISSN
1536-691X
- Publication type
Article