Implications of Mexican-Origin Youth’s Work Experiences for Relationships With Fathers

Xiaoran Sun; Susan M. McHale; Kimberly A. Updegraff; Adriana J. Uma˜na-Taylor

doi:10.1037/cdp0000468

Implications of Mexican-Origin Youth’s Work Experiences for Relationships With Fathers

Xiaoran Sun, Susan M. McHale, Kimberly A. Updegraff, Adriana J. Uma˜na-Taylor

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Objective: To illuminate family implications of youth’s work, we examined longitudinal links between the work experiences of Mexican-origin youth in late adolescence and young adulthood and father-youth relationships. Method: Using data from 187 Mexican-origin youth and their employed fathers, we tested youth’s (52.4% female; Mage = 19.64, SD = 1.78) work hours and workplace discrimination as predictors of paternal acceptance two years later (Time 1 paternal acceptance controlled), and tested moderation by youth gender and maternal employment. Results: Multivariate multilevel models revealed a curvilinear association between youth workplace discrimination and father-reported acceptance. Moderation effects of youth gender and mother employment in linear links between youth work experiences and youth-reported acceptance also emerged. Work hours were stronger negative predictors of paternal acceptance for sons than daughters and youth with employed compared to nonemployed mothers. Workplace discrimination was a positive predictor of paternal acceptance of daughters but not sons.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	796-807
Number of pages	12
Journal	Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
Volume	27
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000468
State	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Funding was provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grants R01-HD39666 (Kimberly A. Updegraff and Adriana J. Uma˜na-Taylor, co-PIs) and R01-HD32366 (Susan M. McHale, Ann C. Crouter, co-PIs) and by the Cowden Fund to the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at ASU. This manuscript was based on Xiaoran Sun’s dissertation research conducted at the Pennsylvania State University

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Mexican-origin families
father-youth relationships
work-family interface
workplace discrimination
youth employment

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