The relationship between acculturation and problem behavior proneness in a hispanic youth sample: A longitudinal mediation model

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 295-309

  Dinh, Khanh T ^a   Roosa, Mark W ^b   Tein, Jenn Yun ^b   Lopez, Vera A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Hispanic youth; Parental involvement; Problem behavior proneness

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SELF ESTEEM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOPATHY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICO; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036616153     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015111014775     Document Type: Article

References (99)

1. Achenbach, T. M. (1978). The child behavior profile: I. Boys aged 6-11. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 46, 478-488.
2. Achenbach, T. M., & Edelbrock, C. S. (1979). The child behavior profile: II. Boys aged 12-16 and girls aged 6-11 and 12-16. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 47, 223-233.
3. Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. (1998). Substance abuse and public school students: Arizona 1997. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Criminal Justice Commission.
4. Baron, R. M., & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173-1182.
5. Barrett, M. E., Simpson, D. D., & Lehman, W. E. K. (1988). Behavioral changes of adolescents in drug abuse intervention programs. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44, 461-473.
6. Berry, J. W. (1980). Acculturation as varieties of adaptation. In A. M. Padilla (Ed.), Acculturation: Theory, models and some new findings (pp. 9-25). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
7. Berry, J. W. (1986). The acculturation process and refugee behavior. In C. L. Williams & J. Westermeyer (Eds.), Refugee mental health in resettlement countries (pp. 25-37). New York: Hemisphere.
8. Bettes, B. A., Dusenbury, L., Kerner, J., James-Ortiz, S., & Botvin, G. (1990). Ethnicity and psychosocial factors in alcohol and tobacco use in adolescence. Child Development, 61, 557-565.
9. Bradby, D. (1992). Language characteristics and academic achievement: A look at Asian and Hispanic eighth graders in NELS: 88. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
10. Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). Contexts of child rearing: Problems and prospects. American Psychologist, 34, 844-850.
11. Bronfenbrenner, U. (1980). Ecology of childhood. School Psychology Review, 9, 284-297.
12. Brook, J. S., Whiteman, M., Balka, E. B., Win, P. T., & Gursen, M. D. (1998). Similar and different precursors to drug use and delinquency among African Americans and Puerto Ricans. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 159, 13-29.
13. Brown, B. B., Mounts, N., Lamborn, S. D., & Steinberg, L. (1993). Parenting practices and peer group affiliation in adolescence. Child Development, 64, 467-482.
14. Buriel, R., Calzada, S., & Vasquez, R. (1982). The relationship of traditional Mexican American culture to adjustment and delinquency among three generations of Mexican American male adolescents. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 4, 41-55.
15. Burnam, M. A., Hough, R. L., Karno, M., Escobar, J. I., & Telles, C. A. (1987). Acculturation and lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders among Mexican Americans in Los Angeles. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 28, 89-102.
16. Capaldi, D. M., & Stoolmiller, M. (1999). Co-occurrence of conduct problems and depressive symptoms in early adolescent boys: III. Prediction to young-adult adjustment. Development and Psychopathology, 11, 59-84.
17. Carvajal, S. C., Photiades, J. R., Evans, R. I., & Nash, S. G. (1997). Relating a social influence model to the role of acculturation in substance use among Latino adolescents. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27, 1617-1628.
18. Chavez, E. L., Oetting, E. R., & Swaim, R. C. (1994). Dropout and delinquency: Mexican-American and Caucasian Non-Hispanic youth. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 23, 47-55.
19. Cook, C. (1986). The Youth-Self-Report Hostility Scale. Unpublished manuscript, Arizona State University.
20. Cuadrado, M., & Lieberman, L. (1998). Traditionalism in the prevention of substance misuse among Puerto Ricans. Substance Use and Misuse, 33, 2737-2755.
21. Cuellar, I., Arnold, B., & Gonzalez, G. (1995). Cognitive referents of acculturation: Assessment of cultural constructs in Mexican Americans. Journal of Community Psychology, 23, 339-356.
22. Cuellar, I., Arnold, B., & Maldonado, R. (1995). Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans: II. A revision of the original ARSMA Scale. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 17, 275-304.
23. Cuellar, I., Harris, L. C., & Jasso, R. (1980). An acculturation scale for Mexican American normal and clinical populations. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2, 199-217.
24. Donovan, J. E., Jessor, R., & Costa, F. M. (1988). Syndrome of problem behavior in adolescence: A replication. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 762-765.
25. Elliott, D. S., Huizinga, D., & Ageton, S. S. (1985). Explaining delinquency and drug use. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
26. Elliott, D. S., & Ageton, S. S. (1980). Reconciling race and class differences in self-reported and official estimates of delinquency. American Sociological Review, 45, 95-110.
27. Epstein, J. A., Botvin, G. J., & Diaz, T. (1998). Linguistic acculturation and gender effects on smoking among Hispanic youth. Preventive Medicine, 27, 583-589.
28. Epstein, J. A., Botvin, G. J., Dusenbury, L., Diaz, T., & Kerner, J. (1996). Validation of an acculturation measure for Hispanic adolescents. Psychological Reports, 79, 1075-1079.
29. Farrington, D. P. (1991). Childhood aggression and adult violence: Early precursors and later life outcomes. In D. J. Pepler & K. Rubin (Eds.), The development and treatment of childhood aggression (pp. 5-29). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
30. Felix-Ortiz, M., & Newcomb, M. D. (1995). Cultural identity and drug use among Latino and Latina adolescents. In G. J. Botvin, S. Schinke, & M. A. Orlandi (Eds.), Drug abuse prevention with multiethnic youth (pp. 147-165). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
31. Freeberg, A. L., & Stein, C. H. (1996). Felt obligation towards parents in Mexican-American and Anglo-American young adults. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 13, 457-471.
32. Fridrich, A. H., & Flannery, D. J. (1995). The effects of ethnicity and acculturation on early adolescent delinquency. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 4, 69-87.
33. Gil, A. G., & Vega, W. A. (1996). Two different worlds: Acculturation stress and adaptation among Cuban and Nicaraguan families. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 13, 435-456.
34. Gil, A. G., Vega, W. A., & Dimas, J. M. (1994). Acculturative stress and personal adjustment among Hispanic adolescent boys. Journal of Community Psychology, 22, 43-54.
35. Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P. H., Loeber, R., & Henry, D. B. (1998). Relation of family problems to patterns of delinquent involvement among urban youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 26, 319-333.
36. Graziano, W. G., & Ward, D. (1992). Probing the big five in adolescence: Personality and adjustment during a developmental transition. Journal of Personality, 60, 425-439.
37. Griffith, J. (1983). Relationship between acculturation and psychological impairment in adult Mexican Americans. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 5, 431-459.
38. Guerra, N. G., Huesmann, L. R., Tolan, P. H., Van Acker, R., & Eron, L. D. (1995). Stressful events and individual beliefs as correlates of economic disadvantage and aggression among urban children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63, 518-528.
39. Harter, S. (1985). Manual for the Self-Perception Profile of Children (Revision of the Perceived Competence Scale for Children). University of Denver.
40. Hawkins, J. D., & Weis, J. G. (1985). The social development model: An integrated approach to delinquency prevention. Journal of Primary Prevention, 6, 73-97.
41. Hays, R. D., & Ellickson, P. L. (1996). Associations between drug use and deviant behavior in teenagers. Addictive Behaviors, 21, 291-302.
42. Huizinga, D., Esbesen, F., & Weiher, A. W. (1991). Are there multiple paths to delinquency? Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 82, 83-118.
43. Jessor, R. (1984). Adolescent development and behavioral health. In J. D. Matarazzo, S. M. Weiss, J. A. Herd, N. E. Miller, & S. M. Weiss (Eds.), Behavioral health: A handbook of health enhancement and disease prevention (pp. 69-90). New York: Wiley.
44. Jessor, R. (1993). Sucessful adolescent development among youth in high-risk settings. American Psychologist, 48, 117-126.
45. Jessor, R., Chase, J. A., & Donovan, J. E. (1980). Psychosocial correlates of marijuana use and problem drinking in a national sample of adolescents. American Journal of Public Health, 70, 604-613.
46. Jessor, R., & Jessor, S. L. (1977). Problem behavior and psychosocial development: A longitudinal study of youth. New York: Academic Press.
47. Knight, G. P., & Hill, N. E. (1998). Measurement equivalence in research involving minority adolescents. In V. C. McLoyd & L. Steinberg (Eds.), Studying minority adolescents: Conceptual, methodological, and theoretical issues (pp. 183-210). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
48. Lang, J. G., Munoz, R. F., Bernal, G., & Sorenson, J. L. (1982). Quality of life and psychological well-being in a bi-cultural Latino community. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 4, 433-450.
49. Leung, K., & Drasgow, F. (1986). Relation between self-esteem and delinquent behavior in three ethnic groups: An application of item response theory. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 17, 151-167.
50. MacCallum, R. C., & Austin, J. T. (2000). Applications of structural equation modeling in psychological research. Annual Review of Psychology, 51, 201-226.
51. MacKinnon, D. P. (1994). Analysis of mediating variables in prevention and intervention research. National Institute of Drug Abuse Research Monograph Series, 139, 127-153.
52. Marin, G., & Gamba, R. J. (1996). A new measurement of acculturation for Hispanics: The Bidemensional Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (BAS), Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 18, 297-316.
53. Marin, G., Sabogal, F., Marin, B. V., Otero-Sabogal, R., & Perez-Stable, E. J. (1987). Development of a short acculturation scale for Hispanics, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 9, 183-205.
54. Markides, K. S., Krause, N., & Mendes de Leon, C. F. (1988). Acculturation and alcohol consumption among Mexican Americans. American Journal of Public Health, 78, 1178-1181.
55. McGee, L., & Newcomb, M. D. (1992). General deviance syndrome: Expanded hierarchical evaluations at four ages from early adolescence to adulthood. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 766-776.
56. McGee, R., & Williams, S. (2000). Does low self-esteem predict health compromising behaviours among adolescents? Journal of Adolescence, 23, 569-582.
57. McGuire, W. J. (1961). Resistance to persuasion conferred by active and passive prior refutation of the same and alternative counterarguments. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 63, 326-332.
58. Mendoza, R. H. (1989). An empirical scale to measure type and degree of acculturation in Mexican-American adolescents and adults. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 20, 372-385.
59. Negy, C., & Woods, D. J. (1992). The importance of acculturation in understanding research with Hispanic-Americans. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 14, 224-247.
60. Newcomb, M. D., & McGee, L. (1991). The influence of sensation seeking on general deviance and specific problem behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 614-628.
61. Nguyen, H. H., Messe, L. A., & Stollak, G. E. (1999). Toward a more complex understanding of acculturation and adjustment: Cultural involvements and psychosocial functioning in Vietnamese youth. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 30, 5-31.
62. Norris, A. E., Ford, K., & Bova, C. A. (1996). Psychometrics of a brief acculturation scale for Hispanics in a probability sample of urban Hispanic adolescents and young adults. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 18, 29-38.
63. Okazaki, S., & Sue, S. (1995). Methodological issues in assessment research with ethnic minorities. Psychological Assessment, 7, 367-375.
64. Orozco, C. D. (1999). Factors contributing to the psychosocial adjustment of Mexican American college students. Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences, 59( 12-A), 4359.
65. Osgood, D. W., Johnston, L. D., O'Malley, P M., & Bachman, J. G. (1988). The generality of deviance in late adolescence and early adulthood. American Sociological Review, 53, 81-93.
66. Padilla, A. M. (1980). Acculturation: Theory, models and some new findings. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
67. Perez, R., Padilla, A. M., Ramirez, A., Ramirez, R., & Rodriguez, M. (1980). Correlates and changes over time in drug and alcohol use within a barrio population. American Journal of Community Psychology, 8, 621-636.
68. Petraitis, J., Flay, B. R., Miller, T. Q., Torpy, E. J., & Greiner, B. (1998). Illicit substance use among adolescents: A matrix of prospective predictors. Substance Use and Misuse, 33, 2561-2604.
69. Redfield, R., Linton, R., & Herskovits, M. J. (1936). Memorandum for the study of acculturation. American Anthropologist, 38, 149-152.
70. Roosa, M. W., Wolchik, S. A., & Sandler, I. N. (1997). Preventing the negative effects of common stressors: Current status and future directions. In S. A. Wolchik & I. N. Sandler (Eds.), Handbook of children's coping: Linking theory and intervention (pp. 515-533). New York: Plenum Press.
71. Sabogal, F., Marin, G., Otero-Sabogal, R., Marin, B., & Perez-Stable, E. J. (1987). Hispanic familism and acculturation: What changes and what doesn't? Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 9, 397-412.
72. Satorra, A., & Bentler, P. M. (1988). Scaling corrections for chisquare statistics in covariance structure analysis. Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, 308-313.
73. Satorra, A., & Bentler, P. M. (1986). Some robustness properties of goodness of fit statistics in covariance structure analysis. American Statistical Association: Proceedings of the Business and Economic Statistics Section, 549-554.
74. Scheier, E. M., Botvin, G. J., Diaz, T., & Ifill-Williams, M. (1997). Ethnic identity as a moderator of psychosocial risk and adolescent alcohol and marijuana use: Concurrent and longitudinal analyses. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 6, 21-47.
75. Smith, C., & Krohn, M. D. (1995). Delinquency and family life among male adolescents: The role of ethnicity. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 24, 69-93.
76. Smith, E. P., Connell, C. M., Wright, G., Sizer, M., Norman, J. M., Hurley, A., et al. (1997). An ecological model of home, school, and community partnerships: Implications for research and practice. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 8, 339-360.
77. Sobel, M. E. (1982). Asymptotic confidence intervals for indirect effects in structure equation models. In S. Leinhardt (Ed.), Social methodology (pp. 290-312). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
78. Sobel, M. E. (1986). Some new results on indirect effects and their standard errors in structure equation models. In N. Tuma (Ed.), Social methodology (pp. 159-186). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
79. Stattin, H., & Magnusson, D. (1996). Antisocial development: A holistic approach. Development and Psychopathology, 8, 617-645.
80. Stevens, J. P. (1984). Outliers and influential data points in regression analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 95, 334-344.
81. Szapocznik, J., & Hernandez, R. (1988). The Cuban American family. In C. H. Mindel, R. W. Habenstein, & R. Wright (Eds.), Ethnic families in America (pp. 160-172). New York: Elsevier Press.
82. Szapocznik, J., & Kurtines, W. (1980). Acculturation, biculturalism, and adjustment among Cuban Americans. In A. M. Padilla (Ed.), Acculturation: Theory, models and some new findings (pp. 139-159). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
83. Szapocznik, J., Kurtines, W. M., & Fernandez, T. (1980). Bicultural involvement and adjustment in Hispanic-American youths. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 4, 353-365.
84. Tolan, P. H., Guerra, N. G., & Kendall, P. C. (1995). A developmental-ecological perspective on antisocial behavior in children and adolescents: Toward a unified risk and intervention framework. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63, 579-584.
85. Tseng, V., & Fuligni, A. J. (2000). Parent-adolescent language use and relationships among immigrant families with East Asian, Filipino, and Latin American backgrounds. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 465-476.
86. U.S. Census Bureau. (2000). The Hispanic population in the United States: Population characteristics. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration.
87. U.S. Census Bureau. (2001). Overview of race and Hispanic origin: Census 2000 brief. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration.
88. Valentine, S., & Mosley, G. (2000). Acculturation and sex-role attitudes among Mexican Americans: A longitudinal analysis. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 22, 104-113.
89. Vazsonyi, A. T., & Flannery, D. J. (1997). Early adolescent delinquent behaviors: Associations with family and school domains. Journal of Early Adolescence, 17, 271-293.
90. Vega, W. A., & Gil, A. G. (1998). Drug use and ethnicity in early adolescence. New York: Plenum Press.
91. Vega, W. A., Gil, A. G., Warheit, G. J., Zimmerman, R. S., & Apospori, E. (1993). Acculturation and delinquent behavior among Cuban American adolescents: Toward an empirical model. American Journal of Community Psychology, 21, 113-125.
92. Vega, W. A., Khoury, E. L., Zimmerman, R. S., Gil, A. G., & Warheit, G. J. (1995). Cultural conflicts and problem behaviors of Latino adolescents in home and school environments. Journal of Community Psychology, 23, 167-179.
93. Vega, W. A., Kolody, B., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alderete, E., Catalano, R., & Caraveo-Anduaga, J. (1998). Lifetime prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders among urban and rural Mexican Americans in California. Archives of General Psychiatry, 55, 771-778.
94. Vega, W. A., Warheit, G., & Meinhardt, K. (1984). Marital disruption and the prevalence of depressive symptomatology among Anglos and Mexican Americans. Journal of Marriage and Family, 46, 817-824.
95. Vega, W. A., Zimmerman, R. S., Warheit, G. J., Apospori, E., & Gil, A. G. (1993). Risk factors for early adolescent drug use in four ethnic and racial groups. American Journal of Public Health, 83, 185-189.
96. Velez, C. N., & Ungemack, J. A. (1995). Psychosocial correlates of drug use among Puerto Rican youth: Generational status differences. Social Science and Medicine, 40, 91-103.
97. Wall, J. A., Power, T. G., & Arbona, C. (1993). Susceptibility to antisocial peer pressure and its relation to acculturation in Mexican-American adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research, 8, 403-418.
98. Winer, B. J. (1971). Statistical principles in experimental design. New York: McGraw-Hill.
99. Zapata, J. T., & Katims, D. S. (1994). Antecendents of substance use among Mexican American school-age children. Journal of Drug Education, 24, 233-251.