The Longitudinal Associations Between Discrimination, Depressive Symptoms, and Prosocial Behaviors in U.S. Latino/a Recent Immigrant Adolescents

The current study was designed to address gaps in the existing literature by examining the role of discrimination and familism values as predictors of multiple forms of prosocial behaviors across time in a sample of recent immigrant Latino/a adolescents. Participants were 302 recent immigrant Latino/a adolescents (53.3% male; average age 14.51 years, range = 13–17). Data were collected from adolescents in two U.S. cities: Los Angeles ( n = 150) and Miami ( n = 152). Adolescents completed measures of their own discrimination experiences, familism values, and tendency to engage in six forms of prosocial behaviors. Results indicated generally positive links between familism values and prosocial behaviors. Discrimination also positively predicted public prosocial behaviors and negatively predicted altruistic prosocial behaviors. We discuss the development of cultural processes and perceptions of discrimination experiences, and how these factors predict helping behaviors among immigrant adolescents.

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Longitudinal Associations between Maternal Involvement, Cultural Orientations, and Prosocial Behaviors Among Recent Immigrant Latino Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence ◽

10.1007/s10964-017-0792-3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

pp. 460-472 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Alexandra N. Davis ◽

Gustavo Carlo ◽

Cara Streit ◽

Seth J. Schwartz ◽

Jennifer B. Unger ◽

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Keyword(s):

Prosocial Behaviors ◽

Latino Adolescents ◽

Maternal Involvement ◽

Recent Immigrant ◽

Cultural Orientations ◽

Longitudinal Associations

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Longitudinal Associations between Internalizing Symptoms, Dispositional Mindfulness, Rumination and Impulsivity in Adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence ◽

10.1007/s10964-021-01476-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Estíbaliz Royuela-Colomer ◽

Liria Fernández-González ◽

Izaskun Orue

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Internalizing Symptoms ◽

Protective Factor ◽

Negative Association ◽

Dispositional Mindfulness ◽

Vulnerability Factors ◽

Time Points ◽

Longitudinal Associations ◽

One Year

AbstractMindfulness has been associated with fewer negative mental health symptoms during adolescence, but fewer studies have examined longitudinal associations between mindfulness and symptoms in conjunction with two vulnerability factors for psychopathology with mindfulness: rumination and impulsivity. This study examined longitudinal associations between internalizing symptoms (depression, anxiety, stress), mindfulness, rumination, and impulsivity over a one-year period among 352 Spanish adolescents (57.4% girls; M = 14.47, SD = 1.34). Participants completed self-reported measures of symptoms, mindfulness, rumination, and impulsivity at two time points. Mindfulness negatively predicted stress and depressive symptoms, and a bidirectional negative association was found between mindfulness and impulsivity. Impulsivity positively predicted stress, and anxiety positively predicted depressive symptoms, stress, and rumination. This study highlights the importance of mindfulness as a protective factor and impulsivity and anxiety as risk factors for internalizing symptoms throughout adolescence. These findings build on previous studies that examined longitudinal associations between mindfulness and symptoms by including rumination and impulsivity’s roles.

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