Prevention Research Center and School of Social and Family Dynamics, ArizonaState University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Dev Psychol. 2011 Mar;47(2):527-37. doi: 10.1037/a0021269.
Mexican American adolescents have higher rates of externalizing problems than their peers from other ethnic and racial groups. To begin the process of understanding factors related to externalizing problems in this population, this study used the social development model (SDM) and prospective data across the transition to junior high school from 750 diverse Mexican American families. In addition, the authors examined whether familism values provided a protective effect for relations within the model. Results showed that the SDM worked well for this sample. As expected, association with deviant peers was the primary predictor of externalizing behaviors. There was support for a protective effect in that adolescents with higher familism values had slower rates of increase in association with deviant peers from 5th to 7th grades than those with lower familism values. Future research needs to determine whether additional culturally appropriate modifications of the SDM would increase its usefulness for Mexican American adolescents.
墨西哥裔美国青少年的外化问题发生率高于其他族裔和种族群体的同龄人。为了开始理解这一人群中外化问题相关因素的过程，本研究使用了社会发展模型（SDM）和从 750 个不同的墨西哥裔美国家庭到初中过渡的前瞻性数据。此外，作者还检验了家族主义价值观是否为模型内的关系提供了保护作用。结果表明，SDM 在此样本中表现良好。正如预期的那样，与越轨同伴的关联是外化行为的主要预测因素。有证据表明，保护作用是存在的，即具有较高家族主义价值观的青少年与越轨同伴的关联从 5 年级到 7 年级的增长率较慢，而具有较低家族主义价值观的青少年则较快。未来的研究需要确定 SDM 的其他文化上适当的修改是否会增加其对墨西哥裔美国青少年的有用性。
