The father's role in risk and resilience among Mexican-American adolescents.

The father's role in risk and resilience among Mexican-American adolescents.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2019 Jan 10;:
Authors: O'Gara JL, Calzada EJ, Kim SY
Abstract
Research suggests fathers are important to adolescent well-being, yet there is limited information regarding how fathering is associated with adolescent risk and resilience in Mexican American families. This cross-sectional study utilized a structural equation model to examine whether parent-child alienation mediated the relations between parental displays of warmth and hostility and the outcomes of adolescent resilience and delinquency in Mexican American families (N = 272). Results indicated that adolescent-perceived alienation from parents was a significant predictor of both resilience and delinquency. Additionally, alienation mediated the relations between father warmth and resilience and father warmth and delinquency, as well as the relations between mother hostility and adolescent outcomes. Implications for theory and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
PMID: 30628806 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry - January 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Am J Orthopsychiatry Source Type: research