2-070 - Parenting in Context: Latino Families Varied Parenting Behaviors and Adolescent Outcomes in New Destination Areas

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Research on parenting and Latino adolescents is largely based on samples residing in established destinations (e.g. Los Angeles) and ignores the dispersion of Latinos to emerging immigrant destinations (e.g., Nebraska). The challenges immigrant parents experience in new destinations call for investigations about how parenting influences Latino adolescents in these new and different contexts. The presentations described below use data from Latino families residing in three emerging immigrant destinations— Michigan, North Carolina, and Nebraska. The areas where these families reside vary in their racial-ethnic composition, allowing for exploration of how various levels of diversity in new destination areas impact Latino immigrant families, specifically how contextually shaped parenting may influence adolescent well-being. The first paper examines how developmentally appropriate educational parent involvement impacts Latino youth’s academic engagement over time and shows a complex relation between academic socialization and school-based involvement on cognitive engagement. The second paper describes profiles of mother-child cultural value gaps and shows differences in acculturation-based family conflict by profiles. The final paper suggests that parenting (monitoring and support) influences on adolescent prosocial behaviors is mediated by familism values and shows moderating effects of perceived neighborhood support. Altogether, these papers highlight the importance of examining multiple parenting behaviors and parent-youth relationships in new destination areas; parenting is shaped by the broader context. Implications for youth and family well-being will be discussed.

Sub Unit

• Race, Ethnicity, Culture, Context

Chair

• Dawn Paula Witherspoon, The Pennsylvania State University

Discussant

• Mayra Bamaca-Colbert, Pennsylvania State University

Individual Presentations

• Academic Socialization & School Involvement among Latino Families in Relation to Adolescent School Outcomes - Presenting Author: Fernanda Cross, The University of Michigan; Aixa D Marchand, University of Michigan; Deborah Rivas-Drake, University of Michigan

• Differences in Acculturation-Based Family Conflict: A Latent Profile Analysis of Latino Adolescent and Mother Cultural Values - Presenting Author: Andrea Kulish, University of North Carolina- Greensboro; Gabriela Stein, University of North Carolina - Greensboro; Andrew Supple, UNC-Greensboro; Alyson Cavanaugh, UNC-Greensboro; Lisa Kiang, Wake Forest University; Laura Gonzalez, UNC-Greensboro

• Parenting, Familism, and Prosocial Behaviors in U.S. Latino Youth: The Moderating Role of Neighborhood Support - Presenting Author: Cara Streit, University of Missouri; Gustavo Carlo, University of Missouri; Alexandra Davis, University of New Mexico