Tsai Kim M, Nguyen Hannah, Weiss Bahr, Ngo Victoria K, Lau Anna S
Department of Child and Adolescent Development, San José State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192, USA.
Department of Human Services, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA.
J Child Fam Stud. 2020 Apr;29(4):1136-1146. doi: 10.1007/s10826-019-01584-5. Epub 2019 Sep 21.
Although negotiation of family relatedness and personal autonomy is a key developmental task of adolescence, what is most adaptive for adolescents may vary across cultures. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether relations between family obligation values and adolescent internalizing symptoms may vary as a function of the level of parental autonomy support perceived by the adolescent, and to assess the extent to which such associations vary by ethnic group.
The study included 614 adolescents (Mean age = 15.57 years, 50% male) from Vietnamese-American (55%) and European-American (45%) backgrounds. Adolescents reported their: (a) family obligation values to (a1) respect, (a2) provide current assistance, and (a3) provide future support to the family, (b) perceived maternal and paternal autonomy support, and (c) internalizing symptoms.
Effects of family obligation values differed across the three subdomains as a function of maternal autonomy support and ethnic group. Family obligation values to respect the family (a1, above) were related to lower levels of internalizing symptoms for both Vietnamese- and European-American adolescents who received high levels of maternal autonomy support. Ethnic differences emerged such that only among Vietnamese-American adolescents, there was a negative relation between current assistance values (a2, above) and internalizing symptoms among adolescents with high maternal autonomy support.
Overall, findings highlight the importance for parents to nurture adolescents' family obligation values while also promoting their autonomy development.
尽管协商家庭关系和个人自主性是青少年一项关键的发展任务，但对青少年最具适应性的方式可能因文化而异。本研究的目的是检验家庭义务价值观与青少年内化症状之间的关系是否会因青少年所感知的父母自主支持水平而有所不同，并评估这种关联在不同种族群体之间的差异程度。
该研究纳入了614名青少年（平均年龄 = 15.57岁，50%为男性），他们分别来自越南裔美国人（55%）和欧裔美国人（45%）背景。青少年报告了他们的：（a）对家庭的义务价值观，包括（a1）尊重、（a2）提供当前帮助以及（a3）为家庭提供未来支持；（b）感知到的母亲和父亲的自主支持；以及（c）内化症状。
家庭义务价值观的影响在三个子领域中因母亲的自主支持和种族群体而有所不同。对于获得高水平母亲自主支持的越南裔和欧裔美国青少年，尊重家庭的义务价值观（上述a1）与较低水平的内化症状相关。出现了种族差异，即仅在越南裔美国青少年中，当前帮助价值观（上述a2）与获得高母亲自主支持的青少年的内化症状之间存在负相关。
总体而言，研究结果凸显了父母在培养青少年家庭义务价值观的同时促进其自主性发展的重要性。
