@article{ref1,
title="Health risk behaviors and depressive symptoms among hispanic adolescents: examining acculturation discrepancies and family functioning",
journal="Journal of family psychology",
year="2015",
author="Cano, Miguel Ángel and Schwartz, Seth J. and Castillo, Linda G. and Unger, Jennifer B. and Huang, Sunan and Zamboanga, Byron L. and Romero, Andrea J. and Lorenzo-Blanco, Elma I. and Córdova, David and Des Rosiers, Sabrina E. and Lizzi, Karina M. and Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes and Soto, Daniel W. and Villamar, Juan Andres and Pattarroyo, Monica and Szapocznik, José",
volume="30",
number="2",
pages="254-265",
abstract="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, inconsistent 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 associated with more adolescent HRB/DS; (c) and only adolescent reports of family functioning mediated the effects of acculturation components and caregiver-adolescent acculturation discrepancies on HRB/DS. (PsycINFO Database Record<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0893-3200",
doi="10.1037/fam0000142",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000142"
}