Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-2025
Abstract
Contextual stress experiences in early adolescents may predict distinct trajectories of depressive symptoms and anxiety across the course of adolescence. Data from 604 Mexican-origin adolescents collected from 2012 to 2020 (54% female; Mage = 12.92, SD = 0.92) showed that youth with high stress levels in multiple domains (Broadly Stressed) and those with high stress in language brokering domain only (Language Brokering Stressed) had similar levels of internalizing symptoms in early adolescence, and both groups reported higher stress than youth experiencing occasional levels of stress across domains (Occasionally Environmentally Stressed). However, youth in the Language Brokering Stressed group experienced slightly decreased depressive symptoms from early to late adolescence, while those in the other 2 groups experienced increased or stable internalizing symptoms over time.
Keywords
stress, language brokering, Mexican-origin, anxiety, depressive symptoms, adolescence
Discipline
Developmental Psychology | Family, Life Course, and Society
Research Areas
Sociology; Psychology
Publication
Child Development
First Page
1
Last Page
13
ISSN
0009-3920
Identifier
10.1093/chidev/aacaf056
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Citation
KIM, Su Yeong, WEN, Wen, COULTER, Kiera M., SIM, Wei Xiang, ZHANG, Tianlu, SHEN, Jingyi, HOU, Yang, SHEN, Yishan, & IP, Ka I..(2025). Contextual stress profiles and trajectories of internalizing symptoms among adolescents in Mexican immigrant families. Child Development, , 1-13.
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Contributor and Singapore Academy of Law
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/chidev/aacaf056