ERIC Number: EJ750219
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Nov
Pages: 13
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Dimensions of Family Connectedness among Adolescents with Mexican, Chinese, and European Backgrounds
Hardway, Christina; Fuligni, Andrew J.
Developmental Psychology, v42 n6 p1246-1258 Nov 2006
Multiple dimensions of adolescents' connectedness with their families were investigated among 489 9th-grade students (M = 14.86 years) from families with Mexican, Chinese, and European backgrounds. Participants reported on various aspects of their family relationships and completed diary checklists of daily behaviors for a 2-week period. Adolescents from European backgrounds reported levels of family identification and dyadic closeness with parents similar to or greater than those reported by their peers. For adolescents from Mexican and Chinese backgrounds, particularly those from immigrant families, family connectedness included a stronger emphasis on family obligation and assistance. The extent to which family demographic variables, including parental level of education and residence in a single-parent family, accounted for group differences was examined.
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Adolescents, Family Relationship, Asian Americans, Cultural Influences, Grade 9, Whites, Parent Child Relationship, Comparative Analysis, Immigrants, Family Influence, Parent Influence, Educational Attainment, One Parent Family
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 9
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Language: English
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