Exploring Mexican American adolescent romantic relationship profiles and adjustment.
J Adolesc
; 43: 181-92, 2015 Aug.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26141198
Although Mexican Americans are the largest ethnic minority group in the nation, knowledge is limited regarding this population's adolescent romantic relationships. This study explored whether 12th grade Mexican Americans' (N = 218; 54% female) romantic relationship characteristics, cultural values, and gender created unique latent classes and if so, whether they were linked to adjustment. Latent class analyses suggested three profiles including, relatively speaking, higher, satisfactory, and lower quality romantic relationships. Regression analyses indicated these profiles had distinct associations with adjustment. Specifically, adolescents with higher and satisfactory quality romantic relationships reported greater future family expectations, higher self-esteem, and fewer externalizing symptoms than those with lower quality romantic relationships. Similarly, adolescents with higher quality romantic relationships reported greater academic self-efficacy and fewer sexual partners than those with lower quality romantic relationships. Overall, results suggested higher quality romantic relationships were most optimal for adjustment. Future research directions and implications are discussed.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Satisfação Pessoal
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Ajustamento Social
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Comportamento do Adolescente
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Americanos Mexicanos
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Amor
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Adolesc
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Reino Unido