title: Familism Values, Family Time, and Mexican-Origin Young Adults' Depressive Symptoms.
abstract: Using longitudinal data across eight years, this study examined how parents' familism values in early adolescence predicted youths' depressive symptoms in young adulthood via youths' familism values and family time. We examined these processes among 246 Mexican-origin families using interview and phone-diary data. Findings revealed that fathers' familism values predicted male and female youths' familism values in middle adolescence. For female youth only, fathers' familism values also predicted youths' family time in late adolescence. The link between family time and young adults' depressive symptoms depended on parental acceptance and adolescent gender: Among female and male youth, family time predicted fewer depressive symptoms, but only when paternal acceptance was high. For female adolescents only, family time predicted fewer depressive symptoms when maternal acceptance was high but more depressive symptoms when maternal acceptance was low. Findings highlight family dynamics as the mechanisms through which familism values have implications for youths' adjustment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Missouri, 314 Gentry Hall, Columbia, MO 65211 ( zeidersk@missouri.edu ).
authors.forename: Katharine H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Zeiders
authors.affiliation: T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, 951 S. Cady Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287.
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Updegraff
authors.affiliation: T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, 951 S. Cady Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287.
authors.forename: Adriana J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Umaña-Taylor
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 119 Health and Human Development Bldg., University Park, PA 16802.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: McHale
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 119 Health and Human Development Bldg., University Park, PA 16802.
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Padilla
keywords: Latinos; culture; depression; family processes; values