Perez-Brena Norma J, Updegraff Kimberly A, Umaña-Taylor Adriana J
School of Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX.
T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Fam Process. 2015 Jun;54(2):232-46. doi: 10.1111/famp.12114. Epub 2014 Dec 2.
The integration of the U.S. and Mexican culture is an important process associated with Mexican-origin youths' adjustment and family dynamics. The current study examined the reciprocal associations in parents' and two offspring's cultural values (i.e., familism and respect) in 246 Mexican-origin families. Overall, mothers' values were associated with increases in youths' values 5 years later. In contrast, youths' familism values were associated with increases in fathers' familism values 5 years later. In addition, developmental differences emerged where parent-to-offspring effects were more consistent for youth transitioning from early to late adolescence than for youth transitioning from middle adolescence to emerging adulthood. Finally, moderation by immigrant status revealed a youth-to-parent effect for mother-youth immigrant dyads, but not for dyads where youth were U.S.-raised. Our findings highlight the reciprocal nature of parent-youth value socialization and provide a nuanced understanding of these processes through the consideration of familism and respect values. As Mexican-origin youth represent a large and rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population, research that advances our understanding of how these youth develop values that foster family cohesion and support is crucial.
美国文化与墨西哥文化的融合是一个与墨西哥裔青少年适应及家庭动态相关的重要过程。当前研究考察了246个墨西哥裔家庭中父母与两个子女文化价值观（即家庭主义和尊重）之间的相互关联。总体而言，母亲的价值观与5年后青少年价值观的提升相关。相比之下，青少年的家庭主义价值观与5年后父亲家庭主义价值观的提升相关。此外，还出现了发展差异，即从青春期早期过渡到晚期的青少年，父母对子女的影响比从青春期中期过渡到成年初期的青少年更为一致。最后，移民身份的调节作用显示，母亲与青少年同为移民的二元组存在青少年对父母的影响，但在美国长大的青少年二元组则不存在这种影响。我们的研究结果凸显了亲子价值观社会化的相互性质，并通过考虑家庭主义和尊重价值观，对这些过程提供了细致入微的理解。由于墨西哥裔青少年在美国人口中占比很大且数量迅速增长，增进我们对这些青少年如何形成促进家庭凝聚力和支持的价值观的理解的研究至关重要。
