Journal article
2020
APA
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Christophe, N. K., Stein, G., Kiang, L., Supple, A., & Gonzalez, L. M. (2020). Latent profiles of American and ethnic–racial identity in Latinx mothers and adolescents: Links to behavioral practices and cultural values.
Chicago/Turabian
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Christophe, N. K., G. Stein, Lisa Kiang, A. Supple, and Laura M. Gonzalez. “Latent Profiles of American and Ethnic–Racial Identity in Latinx Mothers and Adolescents: Links to Behavioral Practices and Cultural Values.” (2020).
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Christophe, N. K., et al. Latent Profiles of American and Ethnic–Racial Identity in Latinx Mothers and Adolescents: Links to Behavioral Practices and Cultural Values. 2020.
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@article{n2020a,
title = {Latent profiles of American and ethnic–racial identity in Latinx mothers and adolescents: Links to behavioral practices and cultural values.},
year = {2020},
author = {Christophe, N. K. and Stein, G. and Kiang, Lisa and Supple, A. and Gonzalez, Laura M.}
}
Few studies have examined national identity processes in Latinx immigrant mothers and their children. This study uses a person-centered approach to examine how profiles of American and ethnic–racial identity are related to American and Latinx cultural values, group orientation, and socialization practices in a sample of 172 Latinx mother–youth dyads in an emerging immigrant community. Latent profile analyses produced a 4-profile solution for mothers (high-bicultural-, moderate-bicultural-, enculturated-, and assimilated-identity mothers) and a two-profile solution for youth (high- and low-bicultural identity) with respect to ethnic–racial and American identity. Mothers low in White cultural orientation and mainstream American values were more likely to be in the enculturated-identity profile, whereas mothers low in Latinx group orientation were more likely to be in the assimilated-identity profile. Likelihood of youth profile membership did not differ based on our covariates. Testing mean-level profile differences, high-bicultural mothers delivered the most frequent familism socialization messages and delivered more cultural socialization messages than assimilated and enculturated mothers. High-bicultural-identity youth reported receiving more familism socialization messages, but fewer promotion-of-mistrust messages than low-bicultural youth. Our results support past work finding relations between identifications, values, and behavioral practices for both host (Latinx) and receiving (American) cultures. Our study also highlights the fact that 3 of our 4 profiles of Latinx immigrant mothers (high-bicultural, moderate-bicultural, and assimilated mothers), an understudied population when it comes to national identity, are heavily incorporating a sense of being American into their identities.