TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavioral autonomy age expectations among Mexican-origin mother-daughter dyads
T2 - An examination of within-group variability
AU - Bámaca-Colbert, Mayra Y.
AU - Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.
AU - Espinosa-Hernández, Graciela
AU - Brown, Ashley M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by an R36MH077425 dissertation grant from the National Institute of Mental Health and a research grant from the Graduate and Professional Student Association at Arizona State University awarded to the first author. The authors wish to thank their undergraduate research assistants for their assistance in conducting this investigation, and the adolescents and mothers for their participation.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - This study examined differences in behavioral autonomy age expectations between Mexican-origin mothers and their adolescent daughters (. N = 319 dyads); variability in behavioral autonomy age expectations as a function of nativity and maternal educational attainment also was examined. Findings indicated significant differences between mothers and daughters, such that mothers reported later expectations for the timing of behavioral autonomy than did daughters. Follow-up analyses indicated that findings appeared to be driven by maternal nativity, with dyads comprised of Mexico-born mothers reporting the latest age expectations for behavioral autonomy when compared with dyads comprised of U.S. born mothers. Findings underscore the need to examine normative development among Latino adolescents and their families with a specific focus on how sociocultural characteristics can contribute to within-family differences.
AB - This study examined differences in behavioral autonomy age expectations between Mexican-origin mothers and their adolescent daughters (. N = 319 dyads); variability in behavioral autonomy age expectations as a function of nativity and maternal educational attainment also was examined. Findings indicated significant differences between mothers and daughters, such that mothers reported later expectations for the timing of behavioral autonomy than did daughters. Follow-up analyses indicated that findings appeared to be driven by maternal nativity, with dyads comprised of Mexico-born mothers reporting the latest age expectations for behavioral autonomy when compared with dyads comprised of U.S. born mothers. Findings underscore the need to examine normative development among Latino adolescents and their families with a specific focus on how sociocultural characteristics can contribute to within-family differences.
KW - Autonomy development
KW - Latino adolescents and families
KW - Sociocultural factors
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.10.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 22093152
AN - SCOPUS:84861347278
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 35
SP - 691
EP - 700
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
IS - 3
ER -