3-209 - Latino Parenting and Child Developmental Outcomes: From Toddlers to Adolescents

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

While research on parent-child interactions in European American families is plentiful, less is known on Latino parenting and child outcomes across developmental domains and periods. Ecological frameworks emphasize the need to consider the roles that individual, family, and sociocultural factors play in Latino child development. Such considerations are necessary to develop a culturally-sensitive and comprehensive understanding of Latino parent-child interactions.

The proposed symposium includes four papers that examine Latino parenting and children’s outcomes from early childhood through adolescence. Paper 1 examines parent-child social interactions in naturalistic settings and language development in 36-month-olds from Latino bilingual and European-American monolingual families as part of an ongoing longitudinal study. Paper 2 utilizes a large nationally representative sample of families with two-Mexico-born-parents to examine associations between spanking, gender, and family income and young school-aged children’s executive functioning. Paper 3 considers the influence of family structure when examining the role same and opposite parents’ support has on the relation between parental intrusiveness and adolescent psychosocial adjustment in Latino families. Paper 4 examines the role cultural values play in the association between parents’ practices (monitoring and warmth) and length of adolescent romantic relationships in families in Mexico.

Together, these papers extend existing knowledge on Latino parenting and child outcomes by examining individual, familial, and sociocultural influences across a range of developmental outcomes from early childhood through adolescence. Also, the collection of papers is based on studies with impressive methodology including naturalistic, longitudinal, and comparative designs, as well as the use of nationally representative samples.

Sub Unit

• Parenting & Parent-Child Relationships

Chair

• Linda C Halgunseth, University of Connecticut

Individual Presentations

• Quality of Parenting Communication and Language Learning in European-American Monolingual and Latino Bilingual Children - Presenting Author: Nairan Ramirez-Esparza, University of Connecticut; Adrian Garcia-Sierra, UCONN; Patricia K. Kuhl, University of Washington

• Examining the Effects of Spanking, Gender, and Poverty Status on Executive Functioning in Children of Mexican Immigrant Parents - Presenting Author: Annamaria Csizmadia, University of Connecticut; Linda C Halgunseth, University of Connecticut; Alexander Reid, Univ of Connecticut; Khris-Ann Small, University of Connecticut

• Same and Opposite Parents’ Support and Intrusiveness on Latino Adolescents’ Adjustment: The Role of Family Structure - Presenting Author: Linda C Halgunseth, University of Connecticut; Alexander Reid, Univ of Connecticut; Andrew Behnke, North Carolina State University; Scottie W. Plunkett, California State University Northridge

• The Role of Parenting and Filial Piety in Mexican Adolescents’ Romantic Relationships - Presenting Author: Graciela Espinosa-Hernandez, University of North Carolina at Wilmington; Joanna M. Bissell-Havran, Pennsylvania State University; Allison J. Van Duzor, University of North Carolina-Wilmington; Linda C Halgunseth, University of Connecticut