Reconsidering the “acculturation gap”: Mother-adolescent cultural adaptation mis/matches and positive psychosocial outcomes among Mexican-origin families

• Main Authors: YAN, Jinjin, SIM, Lester, SONG, Jiaxiu, CHEN, Shanting, KIM, Su Yeong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Cultural adaptation; Positive psychological outcomes; Response Surface Analysis (RSA); Acculturation gaps; Mexican immigrant families; Applied Behavior Analysis; Child Psychology; Multicultural Psychology; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3799; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5057/viewcontent/Reconsidering_the__Acculturation_Gap_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Previous studies have linked parent-child cultural adaptation mismatches with adolescents’ maladjustment without addressing how intergenerational mis/matches are related to positive aspects of adolescent development and parental outcomes. Using data from 604 Mexican-origin families (adolescent sampl...