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The Behavioral and Mental Health Benefits of Speaking the Heritage Language within Immigrant Families: The Moderating Role of Family Relations
Tekijät: Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Kwon Hye Won
Kustantaja: SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
Julkaisuvuosi: 2023
Journal: Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE
Lehden akronyymi: J YOUTH ADOLESCENCE
Vuosikerta: 52
Numero: 10
Aloitussivu: 2158
Lopetussivu: 2181
Sivujen määrä: 24
ISSN: 0047-2891
eISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01807-5
Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01807-5
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/180344080
Understanding the development of behavioral and mental health issues among adolescents, particularly those from immigrant families, is a key area of concern. Many prior studies have focused on the role of societal (country-of-destination) language skills, but we know less about the role played by the use of the heritage language in families. We examined this latter relationship with a focus on changes in heritage language use and internalizing and externalizing problems, and how family relations moderate this relationship. We used the first two waves (2010/2011 and 2011/2012) of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries (CILS4EU) data collected from Germany (n = 1614; Mage = 14.8 years, 50% female), the Netherlands (n = 1203; Mage = 14.7 years, 54% female), Sweden (n = 1794; Mage = 14.2 years, 53% female), and England (n = 1359; Mage = 14.6 years, 50% female). Our results suggest that increased use of heritage language is associated with fewer externalizing problems only in families with greater family cohesion and parental warmth (in Germany and the U.K.) and with fewer internalizing problems only in families with higher parental monitoring (in the Netherlands and Sweden). Good family relations are thus an important precondition for increased heritage language use to lead to improved behavioral and mental health for children of immigrants.
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