title: Parent Discrimination Predicts Mexican-American Adolescent Psychological Adjustment 1 Year Later.
abstract: This study examined whether Mexican-American parents' experiences with discrimination are related to adolescent psychological adjustment over time. The extent to which associations between parent discrimination and adolescent adjustment vary as a function of parents' ethnic socialization of their children was also examined. Participants included 344 high school students from Mexican or Mexican-American backgrounds (primarily second generation; ages 14-16 at Wave 1) and their primary caregivers who completed surveys in a 2-year longitudinal study. Results revealed that parent discrimination predicted internalizing symptoms and self-esteem among adolescents 1 year later. Additionally, adolescents were more likely to report low self-esteem in relation to parents' increased experiences of discrimination when parents conveyed ethnic socialization messages to them.
authors.affiliation: California State University, Fullerton.
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University.
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fuligni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D000066498:Emotional Adjustment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011287:Prejudice / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012951:Socialization