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J Youth Adolesc. 2021 Feb;50(2):367-377. doi: 10.1007/s10964-018-0948-9. Epub 2018 Oct 16.
While some studies have supported the conceptual models developed to explain how conflict may result from parent-adolescent acculturation gaps within immigrant families, others have produced contradictory findings. Therefore, the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model may be a step toward explaining the discrepancies in the field. It is a model for dyadic data analysis. It differs from prior approaches for assessing acculturation gaps because it considers the interdependence between two family members, suggesting that adolescents' perceived degree of conflict may be a response to their own acculturation (actor effect) and at the same time, to their parents' acculturation (partner effect), and vice versa. The purpose of this study is to assess parent-adolescent acculturation levels on perceived acculturation-based conflict using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model within Chinese American families (n = 187 dyads). The mean age of the adolescents was 12.3 years old (SD = 0.95). Findings from the study demonstrate that adolescents perceived greater conflict the more they were acculturated but perceived less conflict the more their parents were acculturated. Parents perceived less conflict the higher their adolescents scored on both acculturation and cultural maintenance. However, parents perceived greater conflict the higher they maintained their own culture. Results suggest that the partner effects reveal information that may help clarify whether acculturation gaps are related to conflict within immigrant families.
虽然一些研究支持了旨在解释冲突如何可能源于移民家庭中父母与青少年之间的文化适应差距的概念模型，但其他研究却得出了相互矛盾的发现。因此，演员-伙伴相互依赖模型可能是解释该领域差异的一个步骤。它是一种用于分析二元数据的模型。它与评估文化适应差距的先前方法不同，因为它考虑了两个家庭成员之间的相互依存关系，这表明青少年感知到的冲突程度可能是他们自己文化适应的反应（演员效应），同时也是他们父母文化适应的反应（伙伴效应），反之亦然。本研究的目的是使用演员-伙伴相互依赖模型评估华裔美国家庭（n=187 对）中父母与青少年的文化适应水平与感知基于文化的冲突之间的关系。青少年的平均年龄为 12.3 岁（SD=0.95）。研究结果表明，青少年的文化适应程度越高，他们感知到的冲突就越多，但父母的文化适应程度越高，他们感知到的冲突就越少。父母的文化适应和文化维系程度越高，他们感知到的冲突就越少。然而，父母越坚持自己的文化，他们感知到的冲突就越多。结果表明，伙伴效应揭示了可能有助于澄清移民家庭内部的文化适应差距是否与冲突有关的信息。
