Download or read book Ethnic Identity Development Among Mexican-origin Latino Adolescents Living in the U.S. written by Adriana Janette Umaña-Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study used structural equation modeling to test a model of ethnic identity development among 1,094 Mexican-origin adolescents living in the United States. The model examined the influence of ecological factors, familial ethnic socialization, and social development on adolescents' ethnic identity achievement. Findings indicated that lower percentages of Mexican-origin individuals living in adolescents' neighborhoods and attending adolescents' schools, and fewer members of the adolescents' immediate family born in the U.S. were each associated with greater familial ethnic socialization; furthermore, familial ethnic socialization was positively related to ethnic identity achievement. These findings suggest that ecological factors indirectly influence ethnic identity achievement through their influence on familial ethnic socialization. The findings of this study have implications for researchers who study ethnic identity formation as well as for practitioners who work with Mexican-origin adolescents.