Are Developmental Processes Affected by Immigration? Family Processes, Internalizing Behaviors, and Externalizing Behaviors

Ethnic Differences in the Effect of Perceived Parenting on Juvenile Violent Delinquency of Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch Boys

“…This study extends prior research by suggesting that perceived paternal and maternal parenting, measured as a multidimensional construct, contributes to self-reported violent offending in both ethnic groups in a rather similar way. This is in line with studies demonstrating similar relationships across ethnic groups between parenting variables and delinquency (for example Forehand et al 1997;Gorman-Smith et al 1996;Vazsonyi et al 2006). However, this study does show ethnic differences in the strength of this effect (hypothesis 4b).In predictive analyses, when all paternal and maternal parenting variables respectively are entered as one block, this study shows that the shared variance of paternal and maternal parenting variables on violent delinquency does significantly differ by ethnicity, with Moroccan-Dutch boys having a larger variance explained.…”

“…Davalos et al (2005) found that adolescents' perceptions of parental emotional support were negatively related to criminal involvement for both Hispanic American and White adolescents. Likewise, Vazsonyi et al (2006) found that the associations between parental warmth and externalizing behavior were not influenced by ethnicity. In summary, studies concerning ethnic differences or similarities in the patterns of associations among parenting variables and juvenile offending provide a mixed picture (Wissink et al 2006).…”

“…Studies with ethnically diverse samples show inconsistent findings. Some studies showed similar relationships across ethnic groups among parenting behaviors and delinquent behavior (Forehand et al 1997;Gorman-Smith et al 1996;Vazsonyi et al 2006), while other studies found ethnic differences in both the strength of the associations between parenting variables and juvenile offending as well as the relationship between parenting variables and juvenile offending. For example, Smith and Krohn (1995) found that parental warmth and support and a greater sense of parental control were related to delinquency for African American and European American adolescents, but not for Hispanic Americans.…”

Longitudinale effecten van kwaliteit van de broer/zusrelatie op probleemgedrag van adolescenten: een cross-etnische vergelijking

“…Ondanks het feit dat deze studies verschillen vonden tussen culturele groepen in kwaliteit van de ouder-kindrelatie en in probleemgedrag, waren de processen waarmee hechtheid, steun en conflict in de ouder-kindrelatie probleemgedrag beïnvloeden hetzelfde voor verschillende culturele groepen (bijv. Eichelsheim et al 2010;Vazsonyi et al 2006). Samengenomen lijkt er meer empirisch bewijs te zijn voor het etnische equivalentie-model.…”

We’re Here, We’re Hopeful, and We Can Do Well: Conceptions and Attributes of Positive Youth Development among Immigrant Youth

“…There is considerable research documenting the risks and adjustment challenges facing immigrant youth (e.g., Fuligini, 1998;Sirin & Fine, in press;Strohmeier & Schmitt-Rodermund, 2008;Vazsonyi, Trejos-Castillo, & Huang, 2006;Yu, Huang, Schwalberg, Overpeck, & Kogan, 2003). Nevertheless, Suárez-Orozco, Todorova, and Qin (2006) note that relatively little attention has been paid to the psychological well-being of such youth, especially among adolescents who are immigrants within the United States.…”