Are developmental processes affected by immigration? Family processes, internalizing behaviors, and externalizing behaviors

Alexander T. Vazsonyi; Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo; Li Huang

doi:10.1007/s10964-006-9104-z

Are developmental processes affected by immigration? Family processes, internalizing behaviors, and externalizing behaviors

Alexander T. Vazsonyi, Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Li Huang

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Abstract

The current study compared levels of family processes, internalizing behaviors, and externalizing behaviors as well as developmental processes, namely the associations among family processes and measures of internalizing or externalizing behaviors, in native Swiss, 2nd and 1st generation immigrant adolescents (N=3,540). Findings provided evidence that both 2nd and 1st generation immigrant youth experienced higher rates of internalizing symptoms (depression and anxiety) than native Swiss youth. Comparisons of how individual family processes were associated with internalizing and externalizing behaviors provided evidence of few differences across groups. Thus, developmental processes were largely invariant by immigrant status. Although the immigration process may increase the risk for internalizing and some externalizing behaviors, it does not seem to affect how key family processes are associated with measures of adolescent adjustment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	799-813
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume	35
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-006-9104-z
State	Published - Oct 2006

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Acknowledgments We are indebted to all study participants as well as to the reviewers who provided insightful comments on a previous version of the manuscript. Data collection was supported in part by a grant to the first author from the Competitive Research Grant Program at Auburn University, while preparation of the article was supported in part by a Fulbright Fellowship (U.S. State Department) to the first author.

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Acknowledgments We are indebted to all study participants as well as to the reviewers who provided insightful comments on a previous version of the manuscript. Data collection was supported in part by a grant to the first author from the Competitive Research Grant Program at Auburn University, while preparation of the article was supported in part by a Fulbright Fellowship (U.S. State Department) to the first author.

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U.S. Department of State
Auburn University

Keywords

Adolescents
Immigrants
Parenting
Swiss youth
Switzerland

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Social Psychology
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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