Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2022 Jun;24(3):580-587. doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01256-x. Epub 2021 Aug 7.
Little is known of how intergenerational acculturation discrepancy relates to communication skills differences that may influence relationship quality among parents and adult children. Mexican-American mother-daughter dyads (n = 59) were studied using the Actor Partner Interdependence Model to examine dyadic associations of acculturation and communication competence with family functioning and mediation analysis to determine the indirect effect of acculturation discrepancy on family functioning through communication competence differences. Communication competence of mothers exerted significant actor and partner effects on daughter-perceived cohesion and closeness. Higher acculturation discrepancy predicted greater communication competence difference which in turn was associated with lower cohesion and closeness. There was a significant indirect effect of acculturation discrepancy on daughter-perceived cohesion through communication competence difference. Communication competence of mothers impacts their own as well as their daughters' perceptions of dyad cohesion and closeness. Intergenerational discrepant acculturation contributes to discordant communication skills that impair family functioning, which has implications for psychological well-being.
代际文化适应差异与沟通技巧差异如何相关，而这些差异可能会影响父母和成年子女之间的关系质量，目前对此知之甚少。采用演员-伙伴相互依存模型，对 59 对墨西哥裔美国母女进行了研究，以检验文化适应和沟通能力与家庭功能的二元关联，并进行中介分析，以确定文化适应差异通过沟通能力差异对家庭功能的间接影响。母亲的沟通能力对女儿感知的凝聚力和亲密感具有显著的演员和伙伴效应。较高的文化适应差异预示着更大的沟通能力差异，而这又与较低的凝聚力和亲密感相关。文化适应差异通过沟通能力差异对女儿感知的凝聚力产生显著的间接影响。母亲的沟通能力会影响她们自己以及女儿对二人关系凝聚力和亲密感的感知。代际文化适应差异会导致沟通技巧不协调，从而损害家庭功能，这对心理健康有影响。
