Longitudinal Associations of Language Brokering and Parent-Adolescent Closeness in Immigrant Latino Families

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ID8064950
AuthorsEmile M Tilghman‐Osborne (Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author), Emile M Tilghman-Osborne (The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA), Mayra Y Bámaca (0000-0002-9172-2572, Pennsylvania State University), Mayra Bámaca-Colbert (The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA), Dawn P Witherspoon (0000-0002-1924-2611, Pennsylvania State University), Dawn Witherspoon (The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA), Martha E Wadsworth (0000-0002-5319-2937, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA), Michael L Hecht (0000-0002-5747-1378, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA)
Year2015
Volume36
Issue3
Pages319-347
Publication date2015-01-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431614566944
OpenAlexW2041303864
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited43

Language brokering is a common practice for Latino youth with immigrant parents. Yet little is known about how youth’s feelings about this responsibility contribute to the parent-adolescent relationship. In this study, we examined the longitudinal associations between language brokering attitudes and parent-adolescent closeness in a sample of Latino early adolescents ( n = 813, Maget1 = 12.32, SDt1 = .59), while taking into account language brokering frequency and the possible moderating role of sex. Results suggested that sex of the adolescent was a moderator. Specifically, younger males who felt closer to their parents had more positive attitudes toward language brokering, which dissipated as they aged. Furthermore, language brokering frequency had a delayed positive contribution to language brokering attitudes and parent-adolescent closeness, which was stronger for males than females. Results are discussed in terms of how age and gender cultural norms contribute to the relation between language brokering and parent-adolescent closeness

Closeness · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Immigration · Longitudinal study · Moderation · Political science · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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