Mexican-origin youths' language brokering for fathers and mothers: Daily experiences and youths' diurnal cortisol slopes.

This study examined the associations of language brokering stress intensity and exposure with Mexican-origin youths' cortisol responses when brokering for fathers and mothers, and the moderating role of youths' brokering efficacy in these relations. Participants were 289 adolescents (Mage  = 17.38, SD = .94, 52% girls) in immigrant families. When brokering for mothers, stress exposure was related to flatter (less healthy) same-day diurnal slopes in youth. When brokering for fathers, daily brokering efficacy buffered the detrimental link between stress intensity and youths' same-day cortisol slopes. When brokering for fathers/mothers, stress intensity and exposure were related to flatter (less healthy) next-day diurnal slopes. Although daily brokering stress can relate to youth physiologic functioning, feeling efficacious about brokering may buffer the negative ramifications of stress. © 2022 The Authors. Child Development c 2022 Society for Research in Child Development.

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Su Yeong Kim, Wen Wen, Shanting Chen, Jinjin Yan, Jiaxiu Song, Minyu Zhang, Katharine H Zeiders. Mexican-origin youths' language brokering for fathers and mothers: Daily experiences and youths' diurnal cortisol slopes. Child development. 2022 Jul;93(4):1106-1120

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