Although there is a substantial body of work focusing on the processes underlying cultural identity in general, less is known regarding how these processes might operate within the context of Latinx families. Moreover, among the limited research that has included the adolescent and caregiver cultural identity, most of the research has primarily focused on how caregivers influence their adolescent’s cultural identity. In the present study, the directional pathways between recently immigrated adolescents’ and caregivers’ ethnic and U.S. identity belonging were examined using data from a longitudinal study of acculturation and identity development among recently arrived Latinx immigrant families. The sample consisted of 302 primary caregivers (M_age = 41.09, SD = 7.13 at baseline; 67.5% mothers) and their adolescents (M_age = 14.51, SD = 0.88 at baseline; 46.7% female). The results indicated that caregivers’ ethnic identity belonging significantly predicted adolescents’ ethnic identity belonging over time. At the same time, adolescents’ ethnic identity negatively predicted caregivers’ ethnic identity belonging over time, whereas adolescents’ U.S. identity belonging positively predicted caregivers’ later ethnic identity belonging. The findings indicate that immigrant caregivers may retain their native culture to direct and respond to their children’s changing cultural identifications.

尽管有大量工作着眼于一般文化认同背后的过程，但对于这些过程如何在拉丁裔家庭的背景下运作却知之甚少。此外，在包括青少年和照顾者文化认同在内的有限研究中，大多数研究主要集中在照顾者如何影响青少年的文化认同上。在本研究中，使用来自最近抵达的拉丁裔移民家庭的文化适应和身份发展纵向研究的数据，检查了最近移民的青少年和照顾者的种族和美国身份归属感之间的定向路径。样本由 302 名主要照顾者组成（M_年龄 = 41.09，SD = 7.13 基线；67.5% 的母亲）及其青少年（ 基线时M_年龄 = 14.51，SD = 0.88；46.7% 为女性）。结果表明，随着时间的推移，照顾者的民族认同感显着预测了青少年的民族认同感。与此同时，随着时间的推移，青少年的种族认同消极地预测了照顾者的种族认同，而青少年的美国身份归属正向预测了照顾者后来的种族认同归属。调查结果表明，移民照顾者可能会保留他们的本土文化，以指导和回应他们孩子不断变化的文化认同。