title: Intergenerational acculturation conflict and Korean American parents' depression symptoms.
abstract: This study examined the links between intergenerational acculturation conflict and depression symptoms in 176 Korean American parents of children between the ages of 5 and 10. Approximately, 29% of fathers and 28% of mothers reported increased depression symptoms, which were related to parent-child acculturation conflict. Specific situations related to parental depression symptoms included conflicts over the child's social life, comparing the child with others, expressions of love, the importance of saving face, and proper Korean child's behavior. These findings can be used to develop a family intervention program to decrease parental depression symptoms by reducing parent-child acculturation conflict.
authors: University of Washington, Department of Family and Child Nursing, Seattle, USA. eunjungk@uw.edu
authors: Eunjung
authors: E
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D012919:Social Behavior; D012945:Social Values; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States