title: Longitudinal Effects of Latino Parent Cultural Stress, Depressive Symptoms, and Family Functioning on Youth Emotional Well-Being and Health Risk Behaviors.
abstract: U.S. Latino parents can face cultural stressors in the form of acculturative stress, perceived discrimination, and a negative context of reception. It stands to reason that these cultural stressors may negatively impact Latino youth's emotional well-being and health risk behaviors by increasing parents' depressive symptoms and compromising the overall functioning of the family. To test this possibility, we analyzed data from a six-wave longitudinal study with 302 recently immigrated (<5 years in the United States) Latino parents (74% mothers, Mage= 41.09 years) and their adolescent children (47% female, Mage= 14.51 years). Results of a cross-lagged analysis indicated that parent cultural stress predicted greater parent depressive symptoms (and not vice versa). Both parent cultural stress and depressive symptoms, in turn, predicted lower parent-reported family functioning, which mediated the links from parent cultural stress and depressive symptoms to youth alcohol and cigarette use. Parent cultural stress also predicted lower youth-reported family functioning, which mediated the link from parent cultural stress to youth self-esteem. Finally, mediation analyses indicated that parent cultural stress predicted youth alcohol use by a way of parent depressive symptoms and parent-reported family functioning. Our findings point to parent depressive symptoms and family functioning as key mediators in the links from parent cultural stress to youth emotional well-being and health risk behaviors. We discuss implications for research and preventive interventions.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
authors: Elma I
authors: EI
authors: Lorenzo-Blanco
authors: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
authors: Alan
authors: A
authors: Meca
authors: Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
authors: Jennifer B
authors: JB
authors: Unger
authors: Family Studies and Human Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Romero
authors: Department of Public Health Sciences, Miami Clinical & Translational Science Institute, Miami, FL.
authors: José
authors: J
authors: Szapocznik
authors: Counseling Psychology, Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
authors: Brandy
authors: B
authors: Piña-Watson
authors: Department of Epidemiology, Florida International University, Miami, FL.
authors: Miguel Ángel
authors: MÁ
authors: Cano
authors: Department of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
authors: Byron L
authors: BL
authors: Zamboanga
authors: Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
authors: Lourdes
authors: L
authors: Baezconde-Garbanati
authors: Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL.
authors: Sabrina E
authors: SE
authors: Des Rosiers
authors: Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
authors: Daniel W
authors: DW
authors: Soto
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
authors: Juan A
authors: JA
authors: Villamar
authors: InVentiv Health Clinical, Global Safety and Pharmacovigilance, Ann Arbor, MI.
authors: Karina M
authors: KM
authors: Lizzi
authors: Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
authors: Monica
authors: M
authors: Pattarroyo
authors: Department of Public Health Science, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
authors: Seth J
authors: SJ
authors: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D000073599:Health Risk Behaviors; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States
keywords: Cultural Stress; Emotional Well-Being; Family Stress; Health Risk Behaviors; Latino Families; bienestar emocional; comportamientos de riesgo para la salud; estrés cultural; estrés familiar; familias latinas; 健康风险行为; 家庭压力; 情感健康; 拉丁裔家庭; 文化压力