A longitudinal test of acculturative family distancing theory explaining latino/a/x adolescents' adjustment.

ABSTRACT: According to acculturative family distancing theory, adolescents' perceptions of cultural incongruencies with parents can diminish the quality of parent-adolescent relationships and, as a result, harm adolescent adjustment. Using four time points of data for a sample of 547 diverse Latino/a/x adolescents, this study examined how parent-adolescent relationship quality and acculturative family distancing were associated with changes in adolescent school performance and internalizing symptoms. At baseline, the school-based sample ranged from 11- to 14-years-old (M = 12.78) and included slightly more females (55%) than males (45%). Cross-lagged structural equation model results indicated that adolescent reports of greater acculturative family distancing were associated with adolescent p

SUBMITTER: Roche KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812384 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature