TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations Between Adolescents' Perceived Discrimination and Prosocial Tendencies
T2 - The Mediating Role of Mexican American Values
AU - Brittian, Aerika S.
AU - O'Donnell, Megan
AU - Knight, George P.
AU - Carlo, Gustavo
AU - Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.
AU - Roosa, Mark W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The current study was funded by NIH Grant MH68920 (Culture, context, and Mexican American mental health; Proyecto: La Familia [The Family Project]). Writing of this report was supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health Training Grant (T32 MH018387; PI: Chassin). We thank Marisela Torres and Jaimee Virgo, the interviewers, the Community Advisory Board, and the La Familia Team for their participation in this study. We also appreciatively acknowledge the youth and families who participated in this research.
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - Experiences with perceived discrimination (e. g., perceptions of being treated unfairly due to race or ethnicity) are expected to impact negatively youths' prosocial development. However, resilience often occurs in light of such experiences through cultural factors. The current longitudinal study examined the influence of perceived discrimination on the emergence of Mexican American adolescents' later prosocial tendencies, and examined the mediating role of Mexican American values (e. g., familism, respect, and religiosity). Participants included 749 adolescents (49 % female) interviewed at 5th, 7th, and 10th grade. Results of the current study suggested that, although perceived discrimination was associated negatively with some types of prosocial tendencies (e. g., compliant, emotional, and dire) and related positively to public prosocial helping, the associations were mediated by youths' Mexican American values. Directions for future research are presented and practical implications for promoting adolescents' resilience are discussed.
AB - Experiences with perceived discrimination (e. g., perceptions of being treated unfairly due to race or ethnicity) are expected to impact negatively youths' prosocial development. However, resilience often occurs in light of such experiences through cultural factors. The current longitudinal study examined the influence of perceived discrimination on the emergence of Mexican American adolescents' later prosocial tendencies, and examined the mediating role of Mexican American values (e. g., familism, respect, and religiosity). Participants included 749 adolescents (49 % female) interviewed at 5th, 7th, and 10th grade. Results of the current study suggested that, although perceived discrimination was associated negatively with some types of prosocial tendencies (e. g., compliant, emotional, and dire) and related positively to public prosocial helping, the associations were mediated by youths' Mexican American values. Directions for future research are presented and practical implications for promoting adolescents' resilience are discussed.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Discrimination
KW - Mexican American values
KW - Prosocial tendencies
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U2 - 10.1007/s10964-012-9856-6
DO - 10.1007/s10964-012-9856-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 23152074
AN - SCOPUS:84873733253
SN - 0047-2891
VL - 42
SP - 328
EP - 341
JO - Journal of youth and adolescence
JF - Journal of youth and adolescence
IS - 3
ER -