Calzada Esther J, Roche Kathleen M, White Rebecca M B, Partovi Roushanac, Little Todd D
University of Texas at Austin.
George Washington University.
J Lat Psychol. 2020 Nov;8(4):332-348. doi: 10.1037/lat0000162. Epub 2020 May 28.
In recent years, the federal administration has ramped up efforts to curb and enforce immigration laws, in essence redefining how immigration, particularly in the Latinx population, is viewed and dealt with in the United States. The aim of the present study was to examine Latinx family strengths in relation to youth externalizing behavior, considering the modifying impacts of the current anti-immigration environment. Data were drawn from a study of 547 mother-adolescent dyads. Adolescents were 12.80 years old ( = 1.03) on average and 55% female; 88% were U.S. born. Adolescents completed measures of family strengths, including parental behavioral control, parental support, and . They also reported on their own externalizing behavior. Mothers completed a measure of their affective and behavioral responses to immigration actions and news. Results showed that in families of mothers who reported adverse responses to the immigration context, parental behavioral control, parental support (boys only), and were more strongly related to youth behavior. Results align with the family compensatory effects model, in which strengths at the family level help to offset adversities outside the home. Discussion focuses on ways to support families in establishing and maintaining high levels of protective processes and on the need to challenge anti-immigration rhetoric, practices, and policies that undermine healthy youth development in the Latinx population.
近年来，联邦政府加大了遏制和执行移民法的力度，实际上重新定义了美国如何看待和处理移民问题，尤其是拉丁裔群体的移民问题。本研究的目的是考察拉丁裔家庭优势与青少年外化行为之间的关系，并考虑当前反移民环境的调节作用。数据来自对547对母子二元组的研究。青少年平均年龄为12.80岁（标准差 = 1.03），55%为女性；88%在美国出生。青少年完成了家庭优势的测量，包括父母行为控制、父母支持等。他们还报告了自己的外化行为。母亲们完成了一项关于她们对移民行动和新闻的情感和行为反应的测量。结果表明，在报告对移民环境有负面反应的母亲家庭中，父母行为控制、父母支持（仅针对男孩）等与青少年行为的关联更强。研究结果与家庭补偿效应模型一致，即在家庭层面的优势有助于抵消家庭外部的逆境。讨论集中在支持家庭建立和维持高水平保护机制的方法，以及挑战那些破坏拉丁裔群体中青少年健康发展的反移民言论、做法和政策的必要性。
