Cultural Orientations, Daily Activities, and Adjustment in Mexican American Youth |
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| Authors: | Susan M McHale Kimberly A Updegraff Ji-Yeon Kim Emily Cansler |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, S-211 Henderson, University Park, PA 16802, USA;(2) Family and Human Development, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 872502, Tempe, AZ 85287-2502, USA;(3) Center on the Family, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA |
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| Abstract: | The links between youth’s daily activities and adjustment and the role of cultural practices and values in these links were
studied in 469 youth from 237 Mexican American families. In home interviews, data on mothers’, fathers’, and two adolescent-age
siblings’ cultural practices (language use, social contacts) and values (for familism, for education achievement) were collected,
along with data on youth risky behavior and depressive symptoms. In 7 nightly phone calls, youth reported on their day’s free
time activities (i.e., sports, academics, religious activities, television viewing, and hanging out). Analyses revealed that
youth who spent more time in unsupervised hanging out reported more depressive symptoms and risky behavior, and those who
spent more time in academic activities reported less risky behavior. Results also indicated that more Anglo-oriented youth
spent more time in sports, that more Mexican-oriented youth spent more time watching television, that fathers’ familism values
were related to youth’s time in religious activities, and that parents’ educational values were linked to youth’s time in
academic activities. Some evidence indicated that parents’ cultural practices and values, particularly fathers’, moderated
the links between daily activities and youth adjustment.
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| Keywords: | Adolescence Time use Culture Mexican American Family processes Adjustment |
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