Transmission of Cultural Values Among Mexican-Origin Parents and their Adolescent and Emerging Adult Offspring

dc.contributor.authorPerez-Brena, Norma J.
dc.contributor.authorUpdegraff, Kimberly A.
dc.contributor.authorUmana-Taylor, Adriana J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-29T21:07:30Z
dc.date.available2020-04-29T21:07:30Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.description.abstractThe integration of the U.S. and Mexican culture is an important process associated with Mexicanorigin youths’ adjustment and family dynamics. The current study examined the reciprocal associations in parents’ and two offspring’s cultural values (i.e., familism and respect) in 246 Mexican-origin families. Overall, mothers’ values were associated with increases in youths’ values five years later. In contrast, youths’ familism values were associated with increases in fathers’ familism values five years later. In addition, developmental differences emerged where parent-to-offspring effects were more consistent for youth transitioning from early to late adolescence than for youth transitioning from middle adolescence to emerging adulthood. Finally, moderation by immigrant-status revealed a youth-to-parent effect for mother-youth immigrant dyads, but not for dyads where youth were U.S.-raised. Our findings highlight the reciprocal nature of parent-youth value socialization and provide a nuanced understanding of these processes through the consideration of familism and respect values. As Mexican-origin youth represent a large and rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population, research that advances our understanding of how these youth develop values that foster family cohesion and support are crucial.
dc.description.departmentFamily and Consumer Sciences
dc.description.versionThis is the accepted manuscript version of an article published in Family Process .
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dc.format.extent19 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12114
dc.identifier.issn0014-7370
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/9767
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.sourceFamily Process, 2015, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 232–246.
dc.subjectMexican-origin
dc.subjectadolescence
dc.subjectemerging adulthood
dc.subjectparent-youth
dc.subjectcultural values
dc.subjectFamily and Consumer Sciences
dc.titleTransmission of Cultural Values Among Mexican-Origin Parents and their Adolescent and Emerging Adult Offspring
dc.typeArticle

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