title: Mexican-origin parents' latent occupational profiles: associations with parent-youth relationships and youth aspirations.
abstract: This study used an ecological, person-centered approach to identify subgroups of families who had similar profiles across multiple dimensions of Mexican-origin mothers' and fathers' occupational characteristics (i.e., self-direction, hazardous conditions, physical activity) and to relate these subgroups to families' sociocultural characteristics and youth adjustment. The study included 160 dual-earner Mexican-origin families from the urban Southwest. Mothers' and fathers' objective work characteristics and families' sociocultural characteristics were assessed when youth were in early to middle adolescence; adjustment was assessed during late adolescence and early adulthood for 2 offspring in each family. A latent profile analysis identified 3 profiles that evidenced distinct patterns of occupational characteristics: a differentiated high physical activity profile characterized by high levels of physical activity and low levels of self-direction; an incongruent profile characterized by large differences between parents on self-direction, hazards, and physical activity; and a congruent highly self-directed profile characterized by congruence across parents on occupational characteristics. These profiles were linked to sociocultural characteristics (i.e., family income, educational attainment, and acculturation) and to relational adjustment (i.e., mother- and father-youth conflict, father warmth) and educational aspirations. Results are discussed with respect to implications of parents' work for youths' future family relationships and attainment.
authors: Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University.
authors: Lorey A
authors: LA
authors: Wheeler
authors: Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University.
authors: Kimberly A
authors: KA
authors: Updegraff
authors: Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University.
authors: Adriana
authors: A
authors: Umaña-Taylor
authors: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University.
authors: Jenn-Yun
authors: JY
authors: Tein
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
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