Guo Man, Lemke Amy, Dong Xinqi
School of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Rutgers University, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
J Fam Issues. 2022 Sep;43(9):2275-2294. doi: 10.1177/0192513X211030724. Epub 2021 Jul 6.
Studies of family relations have not kept pace with the acceleration of international migration. To address this gap, this study relied on a survey of 545 Chinese immigrants in Chicago who reported information of 869 older parents to examine the sources of intergenerational conflict in five domains: norms/values, relationship itself, money, health, and parenting. The results of logistic regression showed that maintaining one's traditional culture, in the form of endorsing a sense of filial obligation, was a significant protective factor against all types of conflict. Immigrants with a higher level of acculturation were more likely to report conflict regarding norms/values and relationship itself, but not more so regarding practical issues such as health, money, and parenting. Helping parents with ADLs, not IADLs, was associated with more conflict regarding monetary and health issues. Immigrants' greater sense of mastery was associated with a lower chance of reporting norm/value-related intergenerational conflict.
家庭关系研究未能跟上国际移民加速的步伐。为弥补这一差距，本研究基于对芝加哥545名中国移民的调查展开，这些移民报告了869位老年父母的信息，以考察五个领域的代际冲突根源：规范/价值观、关系本身、金钱、健康和育儿。逻辑回归结果显示，以认可孝道意识的形式保持自身传统文化，是抵御各类冲突的重要保护因素。文化适应程度较高的移民更有可能报告在规范/价值观和关系本身方面的冲突，但在健康、金钱和育儿等实际问题上并非如此。帮助父母进行日常生活活动（而非工具性日常生活活动）与在金钱和健康问题上更多的冲突相关。移民更强的掌控感与报告与规范/价值观相关的代际冲突的可能性较低有关。
