Southern Methodist University.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2019;89(6):627-639. doi: 10.1037/ort0000322. Epub 2018 Feb 19.
The acculturation gap-distress theory postulates that parent-offspring acculturation mismatch precipitates greater intergenerational conflict in immigrant families, which in turn increases the risk for psychological problems among offspring. Whereas cross-sectional studies have shown support for these theory-informed relations, comparatively little is known about whether acculturation mismatch negatively affects psychological functioning, or whether offspring's psychological problems precipitate greater perceived acculturation mismatch via intergenerational cultural conflict. Furthermore, more research is needed to investigate how acculturation and family conflict affect Asian Americans transitioning into college and emerging adulthood. Across two measurement occasions, two cohorts of Asian American first-year college students (N = 555, Mage = 17.99, 56.0% women) completed survey questionnaires assessing their perception of parent-offspring acculturation discrepancies, acculturation-related intergenerational conflict, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms. For both sets of psychological functioning, gender invariant structural equation models testing the bidirectional relations demonstrated adequate fit for the data. In the case of externalizing symptoms, acculturation mismatch marginally significantly predicted subsequent intergenerational conflict, but acculturation mismatch did not predict externalizing symptoms via intergenerational cultural conflict. By contrast, offspring's internalizing and externalizing symptoms respectively predicted greater self-reported intergenerational cultural conflict, which in turn predicted perceived parent-offspring acculturation mismatch over time. These indirect relations suggested that both internalizing and externalizing symptoms indirectly contributed to greater acculturation mismatch through the presence of intergenerational cultural conflict, but data did not support the acculturation gap-distress theory. Theoretical and clinical implications as they pertain to Asian American emerging adults are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
文化适应差距-困扰理论假设，父母-子女文化适应不匹配会加剧移民家庭中的代际冲突，进而增加子女出现心理问题的风险。虽然横断面研究已经为这些理论相关关系提供了支持，但对于文化适应不匹配是否会对心理功能产生负面影响，或者子女的心理问题是否会通过代际文化冲突加剧感知到的文化适应不匹配，知之甚少。此外，需要更多的研究来调查文化适应和家庭冲突如何影响亚裔美国人过渡到大学和成年早期。在两个测量时间点上，两个队列的亚裔美国一年级大学生（N=555，Mage=17.99，56.0%为女性）完成了调查问卷，评估了他们对父母-子女文化适应差异、与文化适应相关的代际冲突以及内化和外化症状的看法。对于两组心理功能，性别不变的结构方程模型测试双向关系表明数据拟合良好。在外化症状方面，文化适应不匹配略微显著预测随后的代际冲突，但文化适应不匹配并没有通过代际文化冲突预测外化症状。相比之下，子女的内化和外化症状分别预测了更大的自我报告的代际文化冲突，而代际文化冲突反过来又预测了随时间推移感知到的父母-子女文化适应不匹配。这些间接关系表明，内化和外化症状都通过代际文化冲突间接导致了更大的文化适应不匹配，但数据并不支持文化适应差距-困扰理论。讨论了与亚裔美国成年早期相关的理论和临床意义。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
