TY - JOUR
T1 - Acculturation-based and everyday parent-adolescent conflict among Chinese American adolescents
T2 - Longitudinal trajectories and implications for mental health
AU - Juang, Linda P.
AU - Syed, Moin
AU - Cookston, Jeffrey T.
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - The purpose of the study was to examine 2 types of conflict for Chinese American families that have not been integrated in previous literature: everyday conflict and acculturation-based conflict. We explored the relation between the 2 types of conflict over time and their associations with adolescent adjustment (i.e., anxiety/somatization, loneliness, depressive symptoms, and self-esteem). The sample consisted of 316 Chinese American adolescents (M = 14.8 years, SD = .73 at Wave 1) who participated in a 3-wave longitudinal study. The results showed that everyday and acculturation-based conflict are related and change in parallel over time. However, the 2 types of conflict are unique predictors of the 4 different indicators of psychological functioning. Results also suggested that psychological functioning is a better predictor of trajectories of conflict than vice versa. Taken together, the results highlight the importance of considering how the acculturation process contributes to parent-adolescent conflict regarding everyday issues and deeper cultural values.
AB - The purpose of the study was to examine 2 types of conflict for Chinese American families that have not been integrated in previous literature: everyday conflict and acculturation-based conflict. We explored the relation between the 2 types of conflict over time and their associations with adolescent adjustment (i.e., anxiety/somatization, loneliness, depressive symptoms, and self-esteem). The sample consisted of 316 Chinese American adolescents (M = 14.8 years, SD = .73 at Wave 1) who participated in a 3-wave longitudinal study. The results showed that everyday and acculturation-based conflict are related and change in parallel over time. However, the 2 types of conflict are unique predictors of the 4 different indicators of psychological functioning. Results also suggested that psychological functioning is a better predictor of trajectories of conflict than vice versa. Taken together, the results highlight the importance of considering how the acculturation process contributes to parent-adolescent conflict regarding everyday issues and deeper cultural values.
KW - Acculturation
KW - Adjustment longitudinal
KW - Chinese American adolescents
KW - Parent-adolescent conflict
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U2 - 10.1037/a0030057
DO - 10.1037/a0030057
M3 - Article
C2 - 23088797
AN - SCOPUS:84874424023
VL - 26
SP - 916
EP - 926
JO - Journal of Family Psychology
JF - Journal of Family Psychology
SN - 0893-3200
IS - 6
ER -
