Mother-Adolescent Proficiency in a Common Language Facilitates Socialization Among Mexican-Origin Families.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9109126 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-7795 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10508392 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Res Adolesc Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell
Original Publication: Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1991-

Adolescent Behavior/*psychology ; Mexican Americans/*psychology ; Mothers/*psychology ; Parenting/*ethnology ; Parenting/*psychology ; Self-Control/*psychology; Adolescent ; Adolescent Behavior/ethnology ; Adult ; California ; Child ; Female ; Humans ; Language ; Longitudinal Studies ; Male ; Mother-Child Relations ; Multilingualism ; Psycholinguistics ; Socialization

The primary goal of this study was to test how mother and adolescent proficiency in a common language moderates the link from parenting to adolescent development. A sample of Mexican-origin fifth-grade adolescents (N = 674, 50% female) was measured longitudinally on self-control and aggression. Mothers were rated on observed positive discipline, warmth, and harsh discipline. Positive discipline and warm parenting predicted increases in self-control and decreases in aggression, but only among mother-adolescent dyads who were proficient in a common language. Harsh parenting predicted decreases in self-control and increases in aggression, but only among dyads who were not proficient in a common language. Similar results were found in a conceptual replication among a second sample of 167 Mexican-origin adolescents.
(© 2016 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence © 2016 Society for Research on Adolescence.)

Date Created: 20170513 Date Completed: 20190722 Latest Revision: 20190722

20231215

10.1111/jora.12268

28498529