Running head: ACCULTURATION RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS

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  • Paul R. Smokowski
  • Mimi V. Chapman
  • Martica L. Bacallao
چکیده

The aim of this investigation was to map factors that predicted internalizing, externalizing, social, and total behavioral problems in immigrant Latino adolescents. Interviews were conducted with 100 foreign-born Latino adolescents. Multiple regression analyses revealed two risk factors, perceived discrimination and parent-adolescent conflict, which were significant predictors of adolescent internalizing, externalizing, and total problems. Interaction terms indicated that adolescents who were highly involved in Latino culture and who experienced high parent-adolescent conflict were at risk for internalizing problems. Familism was a protective factor associated with lower levels of internalizing and total problems. However, the effect of familism was mediated by parent-adolescent conflict. Acculturation Risk and Protective Factors 3

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تاریخ انتشار 2010