The Nature and Correlates of Mexican‐American Adolescents' Time With Parents and Peers

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00948.x
• Publication Date: 2006-09-25T09:42:32Z
• Authors: Kimberly A. Updeg...; Susan M. McHale; Shawn D. Whiteman; Shawna M. Thayer; Ann C. Crouter
• Keywords: Parenting styles

Drawing on cultural–ecological and person–environment fit perspectives, this study examined links among Mexican‐American adolescents' time with peers parents, parents' cultural orientations, psychosocial adjustment orientations. Participants were 492 adolescents ( M s=15.7 12.8 years for older siblings younger siblings) their parents in 246 families. Family members described family relationships, functioning home interviews, time‐use data collected during a series of nightly phone calls. spent the majority peer Mexican youth. Some support was found hypothesis that mismatch between orientations involvement is linked to functioning.