TY - JOUR
T1 - Mexican-origin youths' trajectories of depressive symptoms
T2 - The role of familism values
AU - Zeiders, Katharine H.
AU - Updegraff, Kimberly
AU - Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.
AU - Wheeler, Lorey A.
AU - Perez-Brena, Norma J.
AU - Rodríguez, Sue A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the families and youth who participated in this project, and to the following schools and districts who collaborated: Osborn, Mesa, and Gilbert school districts; Willis Junior High School; Supai and Ingleside Middle Schools; St. Catherine of Siena; St. Gregory; St. Francis Xavier; St. Mary-Basha; and St. John Bosco. The authors also thank Susan McHale, Ann Crouter, Mark Roosa, Nancy Gonzales, Roger Millsap, Jennifer Kennedy, Leticia Gelhard, Sarah Killoren, Melissa Delgado, Emily Cansler, Shawna Thayer, Devon Hageman, Ji-Yeon Kim, Lilly Shanahan, Chum Bud Lam, Megan Baril, Anna Solmeyer, and Shawn Whiteman for assistance in conducting this investigation. Funding was provided by NICHD Grant R01 HD39666 (Updegraff, PI) and the Cowden Fund to the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University.
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Purpose To describe Mexican-origin youths' trajectories of depressive symptoms from early to late adolescence and examine the role of three aspects of familism values: supportive, obligation, and referent. Methods Mexican-origin adolescents (N = 492) participated in home interviews and provided self-reports of depressive symptoms and cultural values at four assessments across an 8-year span. Using a cohort sequential design and accounting for the nesting within the 246 families (two youths per family), we examined depressive symptoms from ages 12 to 22 years and the within-person, between-sibling, and between-family effects of familism values. Results Mexican-origin males' depressive symptoms decreased across adolescence, whereas females' symptoms exhibited a cubic pattern of change. Results revealed that increases in supportive and referent familism values within individuals and across families were related to lower levels of depressive symptoms. Findings were most pronounced for referent familism values, as a between-sibling effect also emerged. Obligation familism values were not associated with depressive symptoms. Conclusions Our findings provide important descriptive information about Mexican-origin youths' depressive symptoms and highlight the promotive role of familism values.
AB - Purpose To describe Mexican-origin youths' trajectories of depressive symptoms from early to late adolescence and examine the role of three aspects of familism values: supportive, obligation, and referent. Methods Mexican-origin adolescents (N = 492) participated in home interviews and provided self-reports of depressive symptoms and cultural values at four assessments across an 8-year span. Using a cohort sequential design and accounting for the nesting within the 246 families (two youths per family), we examined depressive symptoms from ages 12 to 22 years and the within-person, between-sibling, and between-family effects of familism values. Results Mexican-origin males' depressive symptoms decreased across adolescence, whereas females' symptoms exhibited a cubic pattern of change. Results revealed that increases in supportive and referent familism values within individuals and across families were related to lower levels of depressive symptoms. Findings were most pronounced for referent familism values, as a between-sibling effect also emerged. Obligation familism values were not associated with depressive symptoms. Conclusions Our findings provide important descriptive information about Mexican-origin youths' depressive symptoms and highlight the promotive role of familism values.
KW - Cohort-sequential design
KW - Cultural values
KW - Depressive symptoms
KW - Familism values
KW - Mexican-origin adolescents
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.06.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.06.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 23886552
AN - SCOPUS:84886776052
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 53
SP - 648
EP - 654
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 5
ER -