TY - JOUR
T1 - Supportive Parenting as a Moderator of Perceived Ethnic/Racial Discrimination's Associations With Psychological and Academic Adjustment
T2 - A Comparison Between Mexican-Origin Females in Early and Middle Adolescence
AU - Kam, Jennifer A.
AU - Bámaca-Colbert, Mayra Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by a dissertation grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (R36MH077425) and a research grant from the Graduate and Professional Student Association at Arizona State University awarded to the second author.
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - With the academic risk and resilience perspective, this study examined whether global, authority, and teacher discrimination were indirectly related to academic motivation through self-esteem and depressive symptoms (H1), determined whether supportive maternal and paternal parenting moderated such associations (H2), and considered developmental differences (H3 & RQ1). Using self-reported data from 338 Mexican-origin female adolescents, the results partially supported the hypotheses. Indirect association and moderation were found among middle adolescent females of Mexican descent, but not for early adolescent females. Among middle adolescent females of Mexican descent, global discrimination was indirectly related to academic motivation through self-esteem but not through depressive symptoms. Supportive maternal parenting and supportive paternal parenting were moderators for Mexican-origin middle adolescent females but in unexpected ways.
AB - With the academic risk and resilience perspective, this study examined whether global, authority, and teacher discrimination were indirectly related to academic motivation through self-esteem and depressive symptoms (H1), determined whether supportive maternal and paternal parenting moderated such associations (H2), and considered developmental differences (H3 & RQ1). Using self-reported data from 338 Mexican-origin female adolescents, the results partially supported the hypotheses. Indirect association and moderation were found among middle adolescent females of Mexican descent, but not for early adolescent females. Among middle adolescent females of Mexican descent, global discrimination was indirectly related to academic motivation through self-esteem but not through depressive symptoms. Supportive maternal parenting and supportive paternal parenting were moderators for Mexican-origin middle adolescent females but in unexpected ways.
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U2 - 10.1177/0093650212441362
DO - 10.1177/0093650212441362
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84883191142
SN - 0093-6502
VL - 40
SP - 645
EP - 668
JO - Communication Research
JF - Communication Research
IS - 5
ER -