Understanding Latino/a language brokers’ identity goals in association with parent–child relational quality

In the U.S., children of immigrant families often language broker—linguistically and culturally mediate for their family and members of U.S. mainstream culture. Previous research indicates that language brokering can have important implications for the parent–child relationship. Using survey data from 274 Latino/a sixth- to eighth-grade students, we examined how young brokers’ identity goals (i.e., “acting Latino/a” and “acting U.S. American”) and cultural identification are associated with parent–child relational closeness and parent–child destructive conflict management. Results showed that, in general, accommodating their parent by “acting Latino/a” was associated with higher relational quality for young language brokers who reported weak Latino/a cultural identification. Accommodating Latino/a parents’ cultural identity while language brokering might help improve parent–child relational quality for young Latino/a language brokers.

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Relationships between Korean parents’ marital satisfaction, parental satisfaction, and parent–child relationship quality

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407520921462 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 37 (7) ◽

pp. 2270-2285 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jieun Yoo

Keyword(s):

Marital Satisfaction ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Parental Satisfaction ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Future Research ◽

Parent Child Relationship ◽

Relational Quality ◽

Child Relationship ◽

Parent Child

Research about parental marital satisfaction and parent–child relationships is well established, but the effects of marital satisfaction on parental satisfaction require more explanation in a Korean sample. In total, 2,070 participants (51.0% mothers, 49.0% fathers) from a nationally representative sample of Korean people were selected from the 2015 Fact-Finding Survey in Families, and structural equation modeling was performed to examine the relationships between marital satisfaction, parent–child relational quality, and parental satisfaction. In support of the spillover hypothesis, marital satisfaction was significantly correlated with parental satisfaction and affected it directly and indirectly via positive and negative parent–child relationship quality. In addition, mediational pathways differed according to sex. The implications of the findings and directions for future research were discussed.

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The Relationship Among Language Brokering, Parent–Child Bonding, and Mental Health Correlates Among Latinx College Students

Journal of Mental Health Counseling ◽

10.17744/mehc.40.4.04 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. 316-327 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Alejandro Morales ◽

Kenneth T. Wang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Epidemiological Studies ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Language Brokering ◽

Future Research ◽

Language Brokers ◽

Language Broker ◽

The Relationship ◽

Parent Child

The purpose of the study was to identify distinctive types of language brokering among Latinx college students. A sample of 678 Latinx college students attending two Southern California teaching colleges participated in the study. A cluster analysis was conducted using the four subscales of the Language Brokering Scale: People, Places, Things, and Feelings. The analyses identified three types of language broker based on levels of brokering: high, moderate, and low language brokers. Each group was compared on their scores on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults, and the Parent–Child Bonding Scale. The results revealed that high language brokers scored significantly higher on depression, anxiety, and parent–child bonding compared to the other two groups. Recommendations for future research and implications for theory and practice are discussed.

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