Variable-Centered and Person-Centered Approaches to Studying Mexican-Origin Mother-Daughter Cultural Orientation Dissonance

Autor/inn/en	Bamaca-Colbert, Mayra Y.; Gayles, Jochebed G.
Titel	Variable-Centered and Person-Centered Approaches to Studying Mexican-Origin Mother-Daughter Cultural Orientation Dissonance
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39 (2010) 11, S.1274-1292 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-009-9447-3
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Daughters; Adolescents; Metropolitan Areas; Mexican Americans; Parent Child Relationship; Research Methodology; Adjustment (to Environment); Profiles; Family Characteristics; Correlation; Cultural Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Daughter; Tochter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ballungsraum; Hispanoamerikaner; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Korrelation; Kultureller Unterschied
Abstract	The overall aim of the current study was to identify the methodological approach and corresponding analytic procedure that best elucidated the associations among Mexican-origin mother-daughter cultural orientation dissonance, family functioning, and adolescent adjustment. To do so, we employed, and compared, two methodological approaches (i.e., variable-centered and person-centered) via four analytic procedures (i.e., difference score, interactive, matched/mismatched grouping, and latent profiles). The sample consisted of 319 girls in the 7th or 10th grade and their mother or mother figure from a large Southwestern, metropolitan area in the US. Family factors were found to be important predictors of adolescent adjustment in all models. Although some findings were similar across all models, overall, findings suggested that the latent profile procedure best elucidated the associations among the variables examined in this study. In addition, associations were present across early and middle adolescents, with a few findings being only present for one group. Implications for using these analytic procedures in studying cultural and family processes are discussed. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10