title: Conflicts and communication between high-achieving Chinese American adolescents and their parents.
abstract: Drawing on in-depth interview data collected on 18 high-achieving Chinese American students, the authors examine domains of acculturation-based conflicts, parent and child internal conflicts, and conflict resolution in their families. Their analyses show that well-established negative communication patterns in educational expectations, divergent attitudes toward other races and country of origin, and cultural and language barriers contributed to parent-child conflicts. Their findings also illustrate important internal conflicts both adolescents and parents had along the cultural tightrope of autonomy and relatedness. Finally, the vertical in-group conflict resolution style that was evidenced in youths' accounts raises questions about cultural differences in constructive versus destructive conflict resolution styles.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA. dqin@msu.edu
authors.forename: Desiree Baolian
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Tzu-Fen
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Eun-Jin
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004522:Educational Status; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017008:Negotiating; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D014481:United States