title: Transmission of cultural values among Mexican-origin parents and their adolescent and emerging adult offspring.
abstract: The integration of the U.S. and Mexican culture is an important process associated with Mexican-origin youths' adjustment and family dynamics. The current study examined the reciprocal associations in parents' and two offspring's cultural values (i.e., familism and respect) in 246 Mexican-origin families. Overall, mothers' values were associated with increases in youths' values 5 years later. In contrast, youths' familism values were associated with increases in fathers' familism values 5 years later. In addition, developmental differences emerged where parent-to-offspring effects were more consistent for youth transitioning from early to late adolescence than for youth transitioning from middle adolescence to emerging adulthood. Finally, moderation by immigrant status revealed a youth-to-parent effect for mother-youth immigrant dyads, but not for dyads where youth were U.S.-raised. Our findings highlight the reciprocal nature of parent-youth value socialization and provide a nuanced understanding of these processes through the consideration of familism and respect values. As Mexican-origin youth represent a large and rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population, research that advances our understanding of how these youth develop values that foster family cohesion and support is crucial.
authors.affiliation: School of Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX.
authors.forename: Norma J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Perez-Brena
authors.affiliation: T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Updegraff
authors.affiliation: T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
authors.forename: Adriana J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Umaña-Taylor
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D000328:Adult; D032721:Adult Children / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012945:Social Values / Q000208:ethnology*; D012951:Socialization; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescence; Cultural Values; Emerging Adulthood; Mexican-Origin; Parent-Youth; adolescencia; adultez emergente; joven-padre; origen mexicano; valores culturales; 墨西哥裔; 文化价值观; 步入成年期; 父母-青少年; 青少年