@article{ref1,
title="Acculturation and aggression in Latino adolescents: modeling longitudinal trajectories from the Latino Acculturation and Health Project",
journal="Child psychiatry and human development",
year="2009",
author="Smokowski, Paul Richard and Rose, Roderick A. and Bacallao, Martica",
volume="40",
number="4",
pages="589-608",
abstract="This study examines how multiple indicators of adolescent and parent acculturation relate to longitudinal trajectories of Latino adolescent aggression. The hierarchical linear modeling analysis is based on a final sample of 256 adolescents paired with one parent. Of the adolescents, 66% were born outside of the United States and the remaining 34% were US-born. Families lived in two sites: 38% lived in North Carolina and 62% lived in Arizona. The overall trajectory of Latino adolescent aggression displays a statistically significant negative trend best characterized by a quadratic curve. We delineate significant risk factors related to aggression levels, and show that gender, age, parent-reported acculturation conflicts, and adolescent-reported parent-adolescent conflicts are associated with higher levels of adolescent aggression. We discuss the study limitations, implications of the findings, and fertile ground for future research.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-398X",
doi="10.1007/s10578-009-0146-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10578-009-0146-9"
}