School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Int Nurs Rev. 2013 Jun;60(2):236-43. doi: 10.1111/inr.12002. Epub 2012 Dec 11.
Asian Americans are one of the fastest-growing minority groups in the USA, and Chinese constitute the largest group. Evidence suggests that Asian American adolescents experience higher levels of depressive symptoms than their same-gender white counterparts. Quantitative findings suggest associations between parenting factors and Chinese American adolescents' mental health. A qualitative understanding regarding Chinese American adolescents' perceived parenting styles and its relationship with adolescents' psychosocial health is warranted.
To gain an in-depth understanding of Chinese American adolescents' perceived parenting styles and how parenting styles might influence adolescents' psychosocial health.
In this qualitative study, we recruited 15 Chinese American adolescents aged 12-17 years in a southwest metropolitan area. We conducted two focus group interviews. Participants also filled out a brief questionnaire that included their socio-demographic information, immigration history and level of acculturation.
Participants reported perceiving that parents had high expectations about academic performance and moral values. They also perceived stricter family rules regarding choices of friends compared with their non-Asian peers. Parents tended to be more protective of girls than of boys. Both Chinese American boys and girls reported poor or ineffective communication with their parents, which contributed to increased conflict between parents and adolescents and emotional distress of the adolescents.
The findings provide evidence for nurses to develop linguistically and culturally tailored resources (e.g. parent support groups, programs aimed to improving parent-child communication) or connect these families with existing resources to enhance parenting skills and consequently reduce emotional distress of their adolescent children.
亚裔美国人是美国增长最快的少数族裔群体之一，其中中国人构成了最大的群体。有证据表明，亚裔美国青少年的抑郁症状比同性别白人青少年更为严重。定量研究结果表明，父母教养因素与华裔美国青少年的心理健康之间存在关联。有必要深入了解华裔美国青少年对父母教养方式的感知，以及这种教养方式如何影响青少年的心理社会健康。
深入了解华裔美国青少年对父母教养方式的感知，以及教养方式如何影响青少年的心理社会健康。
在这项定性研究中，我们在西南大都市地区招募了 15 名 12-17 岁的华裔美国青少年。我们进行了两次焦点小组访谈。参与者还填写了一份简短的问卷，其中包括他们的社会人口统计学信息、移民历史和文化适应程度。
参与者报告说，他们的父母对学业成绩和道德价值观有很高的期望。与非亚裔同龄人相比，他们还认为父母对朋友的选择有更严格的家庭规定。父母往往对女孩比男孩更有保护意识。华裔美国男孩和女孩都报告说与父母沟通不畅或无效，这导致父母与青少年之间的冲突增加，青少年情绪困扰。
这些发现为护士提供了证据，以便制定语言和文化上量身定制的资源（例如，父母支持小组、旨在改善亲子沟通的计划），或为这些家庭提供现有的资源，以增强父母的育儿技能，从而减少他们青少年子女的情绪困扰。
