Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2009 May;38(5):691-702. doi: 10.1007/s10964-008-9275-x. Epub 2008 Feb 9.
Associations among neighborhood disadvantage, maternal acculturation, parenting and conduct problems were investigated in a sample of 444 Chinese American adolescents. Adolescents (54% female, 46% male) ranged from 12 to 15 years of age (mean age = 13.0 years). Multilevel modeling was employed to test the hypothesis that the association between maternal acculturation and adolescents' conduct problems could be explained by differences in mothers' reliance on monitoring and harsh discipline. In addition, guided by segmented assimilation theory, measures of neighborhood disadvantage were expected not only to be related to differences in parenting, but also to moderate the effects of maternal acculturation on parenting. Results indicated that increased maternal acculturation was related to higher levels of maternal monitoring and lower levels of harsh discipline, which, in turn, were related to lower levels of adolescents' conduct problems. Hierarchical linear modeling results revealed that neighborhood disadvantage was related to lower levels of maternal monitoring. However, neighborhood disadvantage did not moderate the link between maternal acculturation and parenting practices.
本研究调查了 444 名美籍华裔青少年中邻里劣势、母亲文化适应、教养方式与行为问题之间的关系。被试的年龄在 12 至 15 岁之间(平均年龄为 13.0 岁),其中 54%为女性,46%为男性。采用多层次模型检验了假设,即母亲文化适应与青少年行为问题之间的关联可以用母亲对监督和严厉纪律的依赖程度的差异来解释。此外,根据分段同化理论,邻里劣势的衡量标准不仅应与教养方式的差异有关,还应调节母亲文化适应对教养方式的影响。结果表明,母亲文化适应程度的提高与母亲监督水平的提高和严厉纪律的减少有关,而这又与青少年行为问题的减少有关。分层线性模型的结果显示,邻里劣势与母亲监督水平的降低有关。然而,邻里劣势并没有调节母亲文化适应与教养实践之间的联系。