Do Mothers’ Experiences Count? An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model of Language Brokering Experiences in Mexican Immigrant Families

Jiaxiu Song; Yang Hou; Nancy L. Hazen; Elma I. Lorenzo-Blanco; Su Yeong Kim

doi:10.1007/s10964-022-01586-5

Do Mothers’ Experiences Count? An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model of Language Brokering Experiences in Mexican Immigrant Families

Jiaxiu Song, Yang Hou, Nancy L. Hazen, Elma I. Lorenzo-Blanco, Su Yeong Kim

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Abstract

Language brokering is a shared parent-child experience with implications for parent-child relationships and, in turn, individuals’ psychological well-being; however, few studies recognize the role of parents. This study took a dyadic approach to investigate the association between brokering experiences and internalizing symptoms, and the mediating role of parent-child alienation. Participants were 604 Mexican-origin adolescents (54% female, M_age = 12.41) and their mothers (N = 595). Both adolescents’ and their mothers’ brokering experiences were related to their own internalizing symptoms via their self-reported parent-child alienation. Mothers’ brokering experiences also affected adolescents so that when mothers experienced more negative brokering experiences, adolescents perceived greater parent-child alienation, and in turn more internalizing symptoms, suggesting the necessity of considering language brokering’s influence on members involved as a dyadic process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	888-903
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume	51
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01586-5
State	Published - May 2022

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Support for this research was provided through awards to Su Yeong Kim from (1) National Science Foundation, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, 1651128 and 0956123, (2) National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 1R21MD012706-01A1 and 3R21MD-012706-02S1, (3) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 5R03HD060045-02, (4) Russell Sage Foundation, 2699, (5) Spencer Foundation, 10023427, (6) Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, JRG-102, (7) Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative Grant and Special Research Grant from the University of Texas at Austin, (8) College of Natural Sciences Catalyst Grant from the University of Texas at Austin, and (9) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 2P2CHD042849-19 grant awarded to the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin. These funding sources had no role other than financial support.

Funders	Funder number
National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program
Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences	0956123, 1651128
Russell Sage Foundation	2699
Spencer Foundation	10023427
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health	JRG-102
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)	R21MD012706
University of Texas at Austin	2P2CHD042849-19
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	5R03HD060045-02

Keywords

Actor-partner interdependence model
Internalizing symptoms
Language brokering
Mexican-origin adolescents and mothers
Parent-child alienation

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Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
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