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Familial influences on internalizing symptomatology in Latino adolescents: An ecological analysis of parent mental health and acculturation dynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2014

Paul R. Smokowski ,
Roderick A. Rose ,
Caroline B. R. Evans ,
Katie L. Cotter ,
Meredith Bower  and
Martica Bacallao
Paul R. Smokowski*
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Arizona State University
Roderick A. Rose
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Caroline B. R. Evans
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Katie L. Cotter
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Meredith Bower
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Martica Bacallao
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Arizona State University
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Paul Smokowski, North Carolina Academic Center for Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social work, CB 3550, 325 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550; E-mail: smokowsk@email.unc.edu.
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine if family system dynamics (e.g., parent mental health, marriage quality, conflict, and cohesion) that have often been overlooked when studying Latino families play a more important role in predicting adolescent internalizing symptoms than acculturation processes. Data comes from the Latino Acculturation and Health Project, a longitudinal investigation of acculturation in Latino families in North Carolina and Arizona (Smokowski & Bacallao, 2006, 2010). Researchers conducted in-depth, community-based interviews with 258 Latino adolescents and 258 of their parents in metropolitan, small-town, and rural areas. Interviews were conducted at four time points at intervals of approximately 6 months. Parent and adolescent ratings of the adolescent's internalizing symptoms were used as the dependent variable in a longitudinal hierarchical linear model with a rater effects structure. Results showed that parent–adolescent conflict and parent mental health (fear/avoidance of social situations and humiliation sensitivity) were significant predictors of adolescent internalizing symptoms. Acculturation scales were not significant predictors; however, internalizing symptoms decreased with time spent in the United States. Females and adolescents from lower socioeconomic status families reported more internalizing symptoms, while participants who had been in the United States longer reported fewer internalizing symptoms. Implications were discussed.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 26 , Special Issue 4pt2: Multilevel Developmental Perspectives Toward Understanding Internalizing Psychopathology: Current Research and Future Directions , November 2014 , pp. 1191 - 1207
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