Correction to “Latine mothers' conceptions of bien educado in U.S. Latine adolescents: Respect, humility, good manners, and consideration for others as Core aspects”

Abstract

Cruz, A. M., & Carlo, G. (2026). Latine mothers' conceptions of bien educado in U.S. Latine adolescents: Respect, humility, good manners, and consideration for others as Core aspects. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 36, e70227. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70227

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Corrected Abstract:

Developmental theories of ethnocultural socialization (Calzada et al., 2010; Carlo & Conejo, 2019) emphasize understanding how caregivers instill culturally grounded values adapted to specific cultural and environmental contexts to support positive youth development. Among the values instilled by many Latine parents is bien educado, a concept emphasizing that youth be well mannered, display positive social behaviors, and exhibit strong moral character (Lopez et al., 2022). While prior research has focused on cultural values such as familismo and respeto, relatively little is known about bien educado. To address this gap, focus group interviews explored Latine mothers conceptions of bien educado. Seventeen Latine mothers (M_age = 41.88 years, SD = 6.23) reporting on their adolescents (M_age = 14.97 years, SD = 3.55) participated. Focus group interviews were conducted in Spanish and English using semi-structured questions designed to explore mothers' definitions, beliefs, and practices related to bien educado. Mothers conceptualized bien educado as encompassing four main aspects: respect, consideration for others, humility, and being well-mannered. Furthermore, mothers emphasized their intentionality to foster these traits in their youth and viewed the concept as a strength-based approach that contributed positively to their youth's moral development. Findings reveal that bien educado is a multidimensional cultural value construct and a culturally relevant parenting goal among Latine mothers. Given the centrality of these four elements in prosocial and moral development (Carlo, 2014), the findings demonstrate the need to incorporate this understudied core Latine cultural value into sociocultural- and ecological-grounded parental socialization models and future research in U.S. Latine youth.