title: The Longitudinal Associations Between Discrimination, Depressive Symptoms, and Prosocial Behaviors in U.S. Latino/a Recent Immigrant Adolescents.
abstract: The links between discrimination and adjustment in U.S. Latino/a immigrant adolescents is an important but understudied phenomenon. We aimed to investigate the longitudinal associations (across 1 year) among discrimination, prosocial behaviors, and depressive symptoms in U.S. Latino immigrant adolescents using two competing models: associations between discrimination and prosocial behaviors via depressive symptoms (mental health strain model), and associations between discrimination and depressive symptoms via prosocial behaviors (prosociality strain model). Participants were 302 Latino/a recent immigrant adolescents (53.3 % boys, M age = 14.51 years at Time 1, SD = .88 years) who completed measures of discrimination, depressive symptoms, and prosocial behaviors at 6-month intervals. The results provided support for both proposed models. The discussion examines the importance of prosocial behaviors in understanding adjustment and effects of discrimination among recently immigrated U.S. Latino adolescents.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri, 314 Gentry Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA. andm9d@mail.missouri.edu.
authors.forename: Alexandra N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri, 410 Gentry Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carlo
authors.affiliation: Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 N.W. 14th Street, 10th Floor, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
authors.forename: Seth J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.affiliation: Institute for Prevention Research (IPR), University of Southern California, 2001 N Soto Street, 3rd Floor, MC 9239, SSB 302P, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Unger
authors.affiliation: Smith College, Northampton, MA, 01063, USA.
authors.forename: Byron L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Zamboanga
authors.affiliation: Barnwell College, University of South Carolina, Room 461, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Elma I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Lorenzo-Blanco
authors.affiliation: Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street AHC 5-488, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina, SSB 302K, 2001 N Soto Street, Suite 201-D, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA.
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baezconde-Garbanati
authors.affiliation: University of Georgia, 208 Family Science Center, 305 Sanford Drive, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Assaf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oshri
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri, 314 Gentry Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Cara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Streit
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri, 314 Gentry Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Miriam M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University, MS 2051 Psychological Sciences Building, Lubbock, TX, 79409-2051, USA.
authors.forename: Brandy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Piña-Watson
authors.affiliation: InVentiv Health Clinical, 504 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ, 08543, USA.
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lizzi
authors.affiliation: Krek School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soto
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D003462:Cuba / Q000208:ethnology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior; D063508:Social Discrimination / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States
keywords: Depressive symptoms; Discrimination; Prosocial behaviors; U.S. Latina/o youth