Acculturation, Internalizing Mental Health Symptoms, and Self-Esteem: Cultural Experiences of Latino Adolescents in North Carolina

Autor/inn/en	Smokowski, Paul R.; Bacallao, Martica L.
Titel	Acculturation, Internalizing Mental Health Symptoms, and Self-Esteem: Cultural Experiences of Latino Adolescents in North Carolina
Quelle	In: Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 37 (2007) 3, S.273-292 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-398X
DOI	10.1007/s10578-006-0035-4
Schlagwörter	Biculturalism; Adolescents; Acculturation; Conflict; Parent Child Relationship; Immigrants; Cultural Differences; Hispanic Americans; Mental Health; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Mental Disorders; Behavior Problems; Self Esteem; At Risk Persons; Racial Discrimination; Predictor Variables; Cultural Influences; Family Influence; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bikulturalität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Akkulturation; Konflikt; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Kultureller Unterschied; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Psychohygiene; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Risikogruppe; Racial bias; Rassismus; Prädiktor; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	This investigation examined acculturation risk factors and cultural assets, internalizing behavioral problems, and self-esteem in 323 Latino adolescents living in North Carolina. Multiple regression analyses revealed two risk factors--perceived discrimination and parent-adolescent conflict--as highly significant predictors of adolescent internalizing problems and low self-esteem. Adolescents who were highly involved in Latino culture and who experienced high parent-adolescent conflict were found particularly at risk for internalizing problems. Biculturalism and familism were cultural assets found associated with fewer internalizing problems and higher self-esteem. For internalizing problems, familism's protective effect was mediated by parent-adolescent conflict. Implications were discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10