Table 1.
Correlations and Descriptive Information for Adolescents’ Future Expectations, Cultural Experiences, and Adjustment
| Descriptives | Correlations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1. Expected age to move | 19.92 | 2.59 | – | |||
| 2. Expected age to marry | 23.87 | 2.90 | .20* | – | ||
| 3. Educational expectation | 15.66 | 2.17 | .01 | .14* | – | |
| 4. Career aspirationa | 61.66 | 14.61 | −.01 | .02 | .26* | – |
| 5. Mexican orientation | 3.75 | 0.72 | .28* | −.04 | −.04 | −.11 |
| 6. Mainstream orientation | 3.95 | 0.60 | −.15* | .00 | .07 | .08 |
| 7. Gender role attitudesb | 2.23 | 0.49 | .14* | −.14* | −.24* | −.04 |
| 8. Familism support | 4.39 | 0.58 | .04 | .16* | .19* | −.01 |
| 9. Mexican family timec,d | 24.96 | 10.37 | .19* | −.09 | −.01 | −.06 |
| 10. Mexican peer timec | 3.09 | 3.46 | −.03 | −.08 | −.30* | −.17* |
| 11. Depressive symptoms | 1.82 | 0.49 | −.00 | −.05 | −.22* | −.09 |
| 12. Risky behavior | 1.37 | 0.40 | −.10 | .10 | −.27* | −.13* |
| 13. Parental warmthe | 3.88 | 0.63 | .17* | .03 | .31* | −.02 |
Note.
Higher values correspond to more prestigious career aspirations.
Higher values indicate more traditional gender role attitudes.
Untransformed overall means (in hours) across one week are reported.
Adolescents whose father was not of Mexican origin were not included.
Average of mother warmth and father warmth.
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p < .01.