title: Acculturation-based and everyday parent-adolescent conflict among Chinese American adolescents: longitudinal trajectories and implications for mental health.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Universityof California at Santa Barbara, SantaBarbara, CA 93106, USA.
authors.forename: Linda P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Juang
authors.forename: Moin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Cookston
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012495:San Francisco; D012649:Self Concept