Fuligni Andrew J, Yip Tiffany, Tseng Vivian
New York University, USA.
Child Dev. 2002 Jan-Feb;73(1):302-14. doi: 10.1111/1467-8624.00407.
A daily diary method was employed to examine the extent to which Chinese adolescents in the United States assist and spend time with their families, and the implications of such behaviors for their involvement in other activities and psychological well-being. Adolescents (N = 140) completed checklists in which they reported their activities and psychological well-being every day for a period of 2 weeks. Adolescents showed a greater propensity to balance family obligations with their academic demands than with their social life with peers on a daily basis. Girls experienced slightly more daily conflict between activities than boys. Neither the extent of involvement in family obligations nor the balancing of family obligations with other activities were associated with psychological distress among adolescents. These findings demonstrate the complex manner in which adolescents from immigrant families attempt to combine their cultural traditions with selected aspects of American society on a daily basis. In contrast to the expectations of some observers, the youths in this study appeared to accomplish such an integration with little cost to their psychological well-being.
采用每日日记法来研究在美国的华裔青少年帮助家人以及与家人共度时光的程度，以及这些行为对他们参与其他活动和心理健康的影响。青少年（N = 140）完成了清单，在为期两周的时间里，他们每天报告自己的活动和心理健康状况。青少年在日常中表现出更大的倾向，即将家庭责任与学业需求相平衡，而非将其与同侪的社交生活相平衡。女孩在日常活动之间经历的冲突比男孩略多。青少年参与家庭责任的程度以及家庭责任与其他活动的平衡，均与心理困扰无关。这些发现表明，来自移民家庭的青少年在日常中试图将其文化传统与美国社会的某些方面相结合的方式很复杂。与一些观察者的预期相反，本研究中的年轻人似乎在几乎不影响其心理健康的情况下实现了这种融合。
