Father-Child Relationship Quality and Ethnic Socialization Predict Mexican-Origin Adolescents’ Positive Ethnic Identity Development

In 674 Mexican-origin families, father-adolescent relationship quality and fathers’ ethnic socialization predicted ethnic pride and traditional cultural values (familismo and respeto) in mid- to late-adolescence. Better relationship quality positively predicted adolescents’ ethnic pride and values endorsement; fathers’ ethnic socialization buffered against poorer relationship quality predicting adolescents’ lower ethnic pride.