Parental Warmth and Developmental Change in Familism Values: Latinx Adolescents in an Emerging Immigrant Community

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

9-2-2022

Journal

Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence

DOI

10.1111/jora.12798

Keywords

adolescents; emerging immigrant community; enculturation; familism; parental warmth

Abstract

This study examined the developmental changes of familism values across adolescence among Latinx adolescents from an emerging immigrant community, and how changes in parental warmth were associated with changes in familism values. The sample included 547 Latinx adolescents. Multilevel model results indicated that familism values showed a linear decline from 6th to 10th grade. Between-person analyses showed that parental warmth was related to the higher initial levels of familism values but unrelated to changes in familism values. At the within-person level, on the occasions when adolescents report higher parental warmth, they also report higher familism values. This work highlights the importance of parental warmth for socializing developmental changes in Latinx adolescents' familism values in an emerging immigrant community context.

Department

Prevention and Community Health

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