Susceptibility to Antisocial Peer Pressure and Its Relation to Acculturation in Mexican-American Adolescents

Bibliographic Data

ID8097537
AuthorsJulie Wall (0000-0001-6714-4867, corresponding author), Julie A Wall, Thomas G Power (0000-0001-6071-1849), Consuelo Arbona (0000-0002-0450-5319, University of Houston)
Year1993
Volume8
Issue4
Pages403-418
Publication date1993-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Adolescent Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0743-5584 • E-ISSN: 1552-6895
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/074355489384004
OpenAlexW2163803405
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited21

Antisocial hypothetical situations modeled after those developed by Thomas Berndt and an abridged version of an acculturation questionnaire by Susan Keefe and Amado Padilla were used to examine the relation between susceptibility to antisocial peer pressure and acculturation among a sample of low socioeconomic status (SES) and working-class Mexican-American adolescents (Grades 9 through 12). Multiple regression was used to predict susceptibility to antisocial peer pressure from gender, grade, generational status, and acculturation. Amongfirst-generation immigrants, more acculturated adolescents within each grade were more susceptible to antisocial peerpressure. Generally, susceptibility decreased with advances in grade. Further, boys were more susceptible than were girls. Unexpectedly, there was no main effect for generational status. The findings mirror the gender and grade trends reported in the literature for Anglo adolescents. The findings for acculturation are discussed in terms of cultural differences in the relative influence of parents and peers

Acculturation · Developmental psychology · Immigration · Peer group · Peer pressure · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Social Psychology

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