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The Father’s Role in Risk and Resilience Among Mexican-American Adolescents.

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Adolescent resilience, Adolescent risk, Mexican american fathers, Parent–adolescent alienation

Journal/Book/Conference Title

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volume

90

Issue

1

First Page

70

Last Page

77

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.

Department

Department of Social Work

Original Publication Date

1-1-2020

DOI of published version

10.1037/ort0000394

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