Language proficiency and ethnic-racial orientation among Latine mother-adolescent dyads.

ABSTRACT: Language proficiencies have implications for how parents and children can communicate effectively and how culture and heritage can be transferred across generations. Previous research has sought to understand the relationship between parent language (mainstream, heritage) proficiencies and the ethnic-racial orientation of their children, though prior studies have not investigated the relationship between child language proficiencies and parent ethnic-racial orientation. This study examined the actor-partner effects of Latine mother-child dyads (N = 175; youth mean age = 12.86 years) regarding their proficiencies in English and Spanish and their Latine and White orientations. Our results revealed that youth Spanish language proficiency was positively linked to youth White orientation, and y

SUBMITTER: Givens T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11606265 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature