Family Correlates of Adjustment Profiles in Mexican-Origin Female Adolescents.

This study used a person-centered approach to examine patterns of adjustment along psychological (i.e., depression, self-esteem, anxiety) and academic (i.e., academic motivation) domains in a sample (N = 338) of Mexican-origin female adolescents. Four adjustment profiles were identified. A ( = 173) group, which exhibited high positive adjustment and academic functioning, an ( = 83) group, who exhibited average psychological and academic functioning, an ( = 19) group, who exhibited high academic motivation, but poor psychological functioning in anxiety and negative affect, and ( = 25) group, who exhibited poor adjustment overall. Further, paternal and maternal parenting characteristics (i.e., autonomy granting, parent-adolescent conflict, and supportive parenting) were differentially related to Mexican-origin female adolescents' profiles, providing further evidence for the existence of the profiles. Results contribute to the current literature on Latino adolescents and highlight the importance of examining psychological and academic domains concurrently to determine how these two domains of adjustment are linked among this population.