Dimensions of family connectedness among adolescents with Mexican, Chinese, and European backgrounds.
Multiple dimensions of adolescents' connectedness with their families were investigated among 489 9th-grade students (M = 14.86 years) from families with Mexican, Chinese, and European backgrounds. Participants reported on various aspects of their family relationships and completed diary checklists of daily behaviors for a 2-week period. Adolescents from European backgrounds reported levels of family identification and dyadic closeness with parents similar to or greater than those reported by their peers. For adolescents from Mexican and Chinese backgrounds, particularly those from immigrant families, family connectedness included a stronger emphasis on family obligation and assistance. The extent to which family demographic variables, including parental level of education and residence in a single-parent family, accounted for group differences was examined.
Hardway
Christina
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Center for Culture and Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759, USA.
Fuligni
Andrew J
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D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*