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The Longitudinal Effect of Intergenerational Gap in Acculturation on Conflict and Mental Health in Southeast Asian American Adolescents
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (2007)
  • Yu-Wen Ying, University of California - Berkeley
  • Meekyung Han, San Jose State University
Abstract
This longitudinal study examined the intergenerational gap in acculturation, subsequent conflict, and their mental health consequences in Southeast Asian American adolescents. It was hypothesized that perceived intergenerational discrepancy in acculturation during early adolescence would predict intergenerational conflict in late adolescence, which, in turn, would increase depressive symptomatology in late adolescence. Using data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (A. Portes & R. G. Rumbaut, 2001; R. G. Rumbaut, 1994), 490 Southeast Asian American adolescents in 8th and 9th grades completed surveys and again 3 years later. The results supported the hypothesis and showed that intergenerational/intercultural conflict fully mediated the longitudinal effect of perceived intergenerational discrepancy in acculturation on depressive symptomatology. Recommendations for community- based interventions for both parents and youth are offered.
Keywords
  • acculturation,
  • intergenerational conflict,
  • depressive symptomatology,
  • Southeast Asian American family,
  • Southeast Asian adolescents
Disciplines
Publication Date
January, 2007
DOI
10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.61
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Citation Information
Yu-Wen Ying and Meekyung Han. "The Longitudinal Effect of Intergenerational Gap in Acculturation on Conflict and Mental Health in Southeast Asian American Adolescents" American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Vol. 77 Iss. 1 (2007) p. 61 - 66 ISSN: 1939-0025
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/meekyung-han/21/