Are ethnic minority adolescents at risk for problem behaviour? Acculturation and intergenerational acculturation discrepancies in early adolescence
Are ethnic minority adolescents at risk for problem behaviour? Acculturation and intergenerational acculturation discrepancies in early adolescence
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DOI：
10.1348/026151006x173053
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发表时间：
2007-11-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Pike, Alison
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作者：
Atzaba-Poria, Naama;Pike, Alison
本研究调查了生活在英国的印度青少年的适应情况，以及父母和青少年的文化适应方式与青少年问题行为之间的关系。样本包括68名年龄在10岁到13岁之间的青少年(31名印度人和37名英国人)及其父母。母亲、父亲和青少年报告了他们自己的文化适应方式，父母也报告了他们青少年的问题行为。总体而言，印度青少年表现出比英国同龄人更多的内化问题。此外，在印度群体中，母亲越西化，他们的青少年表现出的外化问题行为水平就越高。此外，越是传统的青少年，他们表现出的内化问题越多。最后，当他们的父母比青少年本身更西方化或不那么传统时，印度青少年经历了更多的内化问题。这些发现强调，不仅要研究父母的文化适应方式，而且要把亲子文化差异作为问题行为的风险因素进行研究。
The present study investigated the adjustment of Indian adolescents living in Britain as well as the links between parents' and adolescents' acculturation styles and the adolescents' problem behaviours. The sample consisted of 68 young adolescents (31 Indian and 37 English) between the ages of 10 and 13, and their mothers and fathers. Mothers, fathers and adolescents reported about their own acculturation style, and parents also reported on their adolescents' problem behaviour. Overall Indian adolescents exhibited more internalizing problems than did their English peers. Furthermore, within the Indian group, the more Westernized mothers were in their acculturation style, the higher the level of externalizing problem behaviour their adolescents exhibited. In addition, the more traditional adolescents were the more internalizing problems they displayed. Finally, Indian adolescents experienced more internalizing problems when their parents were more Western or less traditional than the adolescents themselves. These findings highlight the importance of examining not only parental acculturation style, but also the parent-child acculturation discrepancy as a risk factor for problem behaviour.