Examining the Directionality Between Identity Development and Depressive Symptoms Among Recently Immigrated Hispanic Adolescents

Although personal identity development has been conceptualized as a source of psychological stability and protective against depressive symptoms among Hispanic immigrants, there remains ambiguity regarding the directional relationship between identity development and depression. To address this limi...

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Published in:Journal of youth and adolescence 2019-11, Vol.48 (11), p.2114-2124
Main Authors: Meca, Alan, Rodil, Julia C., Paulson, James F., Kelley, Michelle, Schwartz, Seth J., Unger, Jennifer B., Lorenzo-Blanco, Elma I., Des Rosiers, Sabrina E., Gonzales-Backen, Melinda, Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes, Zamboanga, Byron L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Adolescent
Adolescent development
Adolescents
Ambiguity
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child and School Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Depression - ethnology
Depression - psychology
Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology
Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data
Empirical Research
Female
Health Psychology
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans - psychology
Hispanic people
History of Psychology
Humans
Identity
Identity formation
Immigrants
Law and Psychology
Longitudinal Studies
Los Angeles
Male
Mental depression
Minority Groups - psychology
Multiracial people
Noncitizens
Psychology
Psychopathology
Risk-Taking
Self Actualization
Self concept
Social Support
Symptoms
Teenagers
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Summary:Although personal identity development has been conceptualized as a source of psychological stability and protective against depressive symptoms among Hispanic immigrants, there remains ambiguity regarding the directional relationship between identity development and depression. To address this limitation, the current study sought to establish directionality between identity development and depressive symptoms. The sample consisted of 302 recent (
ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
DOI:10.1007/s10964-019-01086-z