Everybody needs somebody: Specificity and commonality in perceived social support trajectories of immigrant and non‐immigrant youth

Research output: Contribution to journalArticleResearchpeer review

Authors

  • Alison E. F. Benbow
  • Lara Aumann
  • Madalina A. Paizan
  • Peter F. Titzmann

Research Organisations

View graph of relations

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)183-204
Number of pages22
JournalNew Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
Volume2021
Issue number176
Early online date8 Feb 2021
Publication statusPublished - 21 Apr 2021

Abstract

Perceived social support can help immigrant youth to deal with developmental acculturation: the simultaneous resolution of developmental and acculturative tasks. This person-oriented three-wave comparative study investigated perceived social support trajectories in two immigrant and one non-immigrant group. We investigated whether similar social support trajectory classes can be found across groups, whether developmental and/or acculturation-related processes predict class membership, and whether social support trajectory classes associate with changes in self-efficacy. The sample comprised 1326 ethnic German immigrant and 830 non-immigrant adolescents in Germany, and 1593 Russian Jewish adolescents in Israel (N = 3749; Mage = 15.45; SD = 2.01; 50% female). Results revealed two social support trajectory classes across all and within each group: a stable well-supported class and a low but increasingly-supported class. Respective to the increasingly-supported class, membership in the well-supported class was associated with commonality in developmental predictors (female gender, high involvement with family and peers) in all groups and specificity in acculturation-related predictors (higher heritage and host culture orientation) in immigrant groups. Patterns of self-efficacy over time matched social support trajectories of both classes in all groups. Findings indicate that stakeholders looking to support immigrant adolescents should be aware of the nuanced coaction of development and migration.

Keywords

    adolescence, cross-group comparative research, developmental acculturation, longitudinal person-oriented approach, social support

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cite this

Everybody needs somebody: Specificity and commonality in perceived social support trajectories of immigrant and non‐immigrant youth. / Benbow, Alison E. F.; Aumann, Lara; Paizan, Madalina A. et al.
In: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Vol. 2021, No. 176, 21.04.2021, p. 183-204.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticleResearchpeer review

Download
@article{3094319902f645348dbf423ccc1390b2,
title = "Everybody needs somebody: Specificity and commonality in perceived social support trajectories of immigrant and non‐immigrant youth",
abstract = "Perceived social support can help immigrant youth to deal with developmental acculturation: the simultaneous resolution of developmental and acculturative tasks. This person-oriented three-wave comparative study investigated perceived social support trajectories in two immigrant and one non-immigrant group. We investigated whether similar social support trajectory classes can be found across groups, whether developmental and/or acculturation-related processes predict class membership, and whether social support trajectory classes associate with changes in self-efficacy. The sample comprised 1326 ethnic German immigrant and 830 non-immigrant adolescents in Germany, and 1593 Russian Jewish adolescents in Israel (N = 3749; Mage = 15.45; SD = 2.01; 50% female). Results revealed two social support trajectory classes across all and within each group: a stable well-supported class and a low but increasingly-supported class. Respective to the increasingly-supported class, membership in the well-supported class was associated with commonality in developmental predictors (female gender, high involvement with family and peers) in all groups and specificity in acculturation-related predictors (higher heritage and host culture orientation) in immigrant groups. Patterns of self-efficacy over time matched social support trajectories of both classes in all groups. Findings indicate that stakeholders looking to support immigrant adolescents should be aware of the nuanced coaction of development and migration.",
keywords = "adolescence, cross-group comparative research, developmental acculturation, longitudinal person-oriented approach, social support",
author = "Benbow, {Alison E. F.} and Lara Aumann and Paizan, {Madalina A.} and Titzmann, {Peter F.}",
year = "2021",
month = apr,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1002/cad.20393",
language = "English",
volume = "2021",
pages = "183--204",
journal = "New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development",
issn = "1520-3247",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "176",

}

Download

TY - JOUR

T1 - Everybody needs somebody: Specificity and commonality in perceived social support trajectories of immigrant and non‐immigrant youth

AU - Benbow, Alison E. F.

AU - Aumann, Lara

AU - Paizan, Madalina A.

AU - Titzmann, Peter F.

PY - 2021/4/21

Y1 - 2021/4/21

N2 - Perceived social support can help immigrant youth to deal with developmental acculturation: the simultaneous resolution of developmental and acculturative tasks. This person-oriented three-wave comparative study investigated perceived social support trajectories in two immigrant and one non-immigrant group. We investigated whether similar social support trajectory classes can be found across groups, whether developmental and/or acculturation-related processes predict class membership, and whether social support trajectory classes associate with changes in self-efficacy. The sample comprised 1326 ethnic German immigrant and 830 non-immigrant adolescents in Germany, and 1593 Russian Jewish adolescents in Israel (N = 3749; Mage = 15.45; SD = 2.01; 50% female). Results revealed two social support trajectory classes across all and within each group: a stable well-supported class and a low but increasingly-supported class. Respective to the increasingly-supported class, membership in the well-supported class was associated with commonality in developmental predictors (female gender, high involvement with family and peers) in all groups and specificity in acculturation-related predictors (higher heritage and host culture orientation) in immigrant groups. Patterns of self-efficacy over time matched social support trajectories of both classes in all groups. Findings indicate that stakeholders looking to support immigrant adolescents should be aware of the nuanced coaction of development and migration.

AB - Perceived social support can help immigrant youth to deal with developmental acculturation: the simultaneous resolution of developmental and acculturative tasks. This person-oriented three-wave comparative study investigated perceived social support trajectories in two immigrant and one non-immigrant group. We investigated whether similar social support trajectory classes can be found across groups, whether developmental and/or acculturation-related processes predict class membership, and whether social support trajectory classes associate with changes in self-efficacy. The sample comprised 1326 ethnic German immigrant and 830 non-immigrant adolescents in Germany, and 1593 Russian Jewish adolescents in Israel (N = 3749; Mage = 15.45; SD = 2.01; 50% female). Results revealed two social support trajectory classes across all and within each group: a stable well-supported class and a low but increasingly-supported class. Respective to the increasingly-supported class, membership in the well-supported class was associated with commonality in developmental predictors (female gender, high involvement with family and peers) in all groups and specificity in acculturation-related predictors (higher heritage and host culture orientation) in immigrant groups. Patterns of self-efficacy over time matched social support trajectories of both classes in all groups. Findings indicate that stakeholders looking to support immigrant adolescents should be aware of the nuanced coaction of development and migration.

KW - adolescence

KW - cross-group comparative research

KW - developmental acculturation

KW - longitudinal person-oriented approach

KW - social support

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104974648&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/cad.20393

DO - 10.1002/cad.20393

M3 - Article

VL - 2021

SP - 183

EP - 204

JO - New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

JF - New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

SN - 1520-3247

IS - 176

ER -

By the same author(s)