Health Risk Behaviors and Depressive Symptoms Among Hispanic Adolescents: Examining Acculturation Discrepancies and Family Functioning

作者：Cano Miguel Angel^*; Schwartz Seth J; Castillo Linda G; Unger Jennifer B; Huang Shi; Zamboanga Byron L; Romero Andrea J; Lorenzo Blanco Elma I; Cordova David; Des Rosiers Sabrina E; Lizzi Karina M; Baezconde Garbanati Lourdes; Soto Daniel W; Villamar Juan Andres; Pattarroyo Monica; Szapocznik Jose

来源：Journal of Family Psychology, 2016, 30(2): 254-265.

DOI：10.1037/fam0000142

• acculturation
• family functioning
• substance use
• sexual behavior
• depressive symptoms

Drawing from a theory of bicultural family functioning 2 models were tested to examine the longitudinal effects of acculturation-related variables on adolescent health risk behaviors and depressive symptoms (HRB/DS) mediated by caregiver and adolescent reports of family functioning. One model examined the effects of caregiver-adolescent acculturation discrepancies in relation to family functioning and HRB/DS. A second model examined the individual effects of caregiver and adolescent acculturation components in relation to family functioning and HRB/DS. A sample of 302 recently immigrated Hispanic caregiver-child dyads completed measures of Hispanic and U.S. cultural practices, values, and identities at baseline (predictors); measures of family cohesion, family communications, and family involvement 6 months postbaseline (mediators); and only adolescents completed measures of smoking, binge drinking, incon sistent condom use, and depressive symptoms 1 year postbaseline (outcomes). Measures of family cohesion, family communications, and family involvement were used to conduct a confirmatory factor analysis to estimate the fit of a latent construct for family functioning. Key findings indicate that (a) adolescent acculturation components drove the effect of caregiver-adolescent acculturation discrepancies in relation to family functioning; (b) higher levels of adolescent family functioning were associated with less HRB/DS, whereas higher levels of caregiver family functioning were associ

• 出版日期2016-3
• 单位西北大学