Longitudinal and integrative tests of family stress model effects on Mexican origin adolescents.

• DOI: 10.1037/a0038993
• Publication Date: 2015-03-09T17:09:17Z
• Authors: Rebecca M. B. White; Yu Liu; Rajni L. Nair; Jenn-Yun Tein
• Keywords: Adolescent Development

The family stress model represents a common framework through which to examine the effects of environmental stressors on adolescent adjustment.The suggests that economic and neighborhood influence youth adjustment via disruptions parenting.Incorporating integrative developmental theory, we examined degree parents' cultural value orientations mitigated parenting adversity qualified effect adjustment.We tested hypothesized Integrative Family Stress Model longitudinally in sample mother-youth dyads (N = 749) father-youth 467) from Mexican origin families, across three times points spanning early middle adolescence.Providing first longitudinal evidence mediated effects, mothers' perceptions pressure were associated with increases externalizing symptoms five years later intermediate harsh parenting.The remaining findings supported notion theory can inform hypothesis testing is culturally contextually relevant for wide range diverse families youth.For example, fathers' danger had important implications internalizing, reductions paternal warmth, but only at certain levels adversity.Mothers' familism maternal protecting their adolescents experiencing costs stressors.Results are discussed terms identifying how intersects set different pathways.