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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 4/2009

01-04-2009 | Empirical Research

Mother-Adolescent Language Proficiency and Adolescent Academic and Emotional Adjustment Among Chinese American Families

Auteurs: Lisa L. Liu, Aprile D. Benner, Anna S. Lau, Su Yeong Kim

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 4/2009

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Abstract

This study examined the role of adolescents’ and mothers’ self-reports of English and heritage language proficiency in youth’s academic and emotional adjustment among 444 Chinese American families. Adolescents who were proficient in English tended to exhibit higher reading achievement scores, math achievement scores, and overall GPA. Mothers who were English proficient tended to have children with higher academic achievement and fewer depressive symptoms. Results also indicated that adolescents’ heritage language maintenance was associated with positive adjustment, particularly amongst foreign-born youth and for youth whose parents were highly proficient in the heritage language. Mother-adolescent match in heritage language proficiency was related to higher math achievement scores and overall GPA. Additionally, higher heritage language proficiency was associated with fewer depressive symptoms for foreign-born but not U.S.-born youth. Overall, the findings suggest that proficiency in both the English and heritage language may confer advantages to Chinese American youth.
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Semilingual adolescents were excluded from analyses due to limited sample size (n = 17).
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Mother-Adolescent Language Proficiency and Adolescent Academic and Emotional Adjustment Among Chinese American Families
Auteurs
Lisa L. Liu
Aprile D. Benner
Anna S. Lau
Su Yeong Kim
Publicatiedatum
01-04-2009
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 4/2009
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-008-9358-8

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