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Intergenerational Conflicts Among Latinos in Early Adulthood

Separating Values Conflicts With Parents From Acculturation Conflicts

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ID6064487
AuthorsJessica Dennis (0000-0002-6797-0285, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, USA,), Tatiana Basañez (0000-0002-2890-1420, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, USA), Anahita Farahmand (City University of Seattle, Bellevue, WA, USA)
Year2010
Volume32
Issue1
Pages118-135
Publication date2010-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0739986309352986
OpenAlexW1991684041
LanguageEN
Citations received44
References cited29

An investigation of Latino and non-Latino college students sought to examine the ways in which perceived intergenerational conflicts with parents are related to acculturation, family dynamics, and psychosocial functioning. Participants reported the extent to which they experienced two types of intergenerational conflicts with parents: values/expectations conflicts and acculturation conflicts such as their parents’ perception that they are “too American”. First- and second-generation Latinos reported experiencing more acculturation conflicts than third-generation Latinos and European Americans or African Americans. Regression analyses within the Latino sample indicated that both types of conflicts with parents were predicted by acculturation variables, lower family cohesion, and increased family control. Both types of conflicts were significant predictors of depression and lower self-esteem, even after controlling for generation status and family variables

Acculturation · Developmental psychology · Family conflict · Immigration · Perception · Psychosocial · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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