TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between latino adolescents' perceptions of discrimination, neighborhood risk, and parenting on self-esteem and depressive symptoms
AU - Behnke, Andrew O.
AU - Plunkett, Scott W.
AU - Sands, Tovah
AU - Bámaca-Colbert, Mayra Y.
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Guided by Bronfenbrenner's bioecological framework, this study examined the roles of Latino adolescents' reports of discrimination, neighborhood risk, parent-child conflict over culture, and parental support in relation to their self-esteem and depression.Analysis of self-report data from 383 ninth grade, Latino students from one Los Angeles high school was used to validate a Multigroup Structural Equation Model of self-esteem and depressive symptoms for boys and girls.As expected, self-esteem was negatively and significantly related to depressive symptoms, yet the influence of other factors were less clear.Five paths marked the influence of mothers' and fathers' interactions on youths' outcomes, demonstrating a strong path from fathers' support to adolescent self-esteem and differing paths from cultural conflict with mother and father to youth outcomes.Neighborhood risks were significantly related to boys' and girls' self-esteem and depressive symptoms, especially for boys.Societal discrimination was significantly related to youths' reports of depressive symptoms yet not significantly related to self-esteem.Results are discussed in terms of applications for both practice and future research.
AB - Guided by Bronfenbrenner's bioecological framework, this study examined the roles of Latino adolescents' reports of discrimination, neighborhood risk, parent-child conflict over culture, and parental support in relation to their self-esteem and depression.Analysis of self-report data from 383 ninth grade, Latino students from one Los Angeles high school was used to validate a Multigroup Structural Equation Model of self-esteem and depressive symptoms for boys and girls.As expected, self-esteem was negatively and significantly related to depressive symptoms, yet the influence of other factors were less clear.Five paths marked the influence of mothers' and fathers' interactions on youths' outcomes, demonstrating a strong path from fathers' support to adolescent self-esteem and differing paths from cultural conflict with mother and father to youth outcomes.Neighborhood risks were significantly related to boys' and girls' self-esteem and depressive symptoms, especially for boys.Societal discrimination was significantly related to youths' reports of depressive symptoms yet not significantly related to self-esteem.Results are discussed in terms of applications for both practice and future research.
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U2 - 10.1177/0022022110383424
DO - 10.1177/0022022110383424
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052063324
SN - 0022-0221
VL - 42
SP - 1179
EP - 1197
JO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
IS - 7
ER -