KOREAN-AMERICAN PARENTING AND ADOLESCENT ADAPTATION

本横断面调查设计研究的目的是确定100个韩国/韩裔美国人（K/KA）家庭中11-14岁青少年的父母文化适应模式，亲子关系和心理功能之间的关系。 年轻的K/KA青少年处于低于最佳心理功能的风险中，因为他们必须在关键的发展过渡时期弥合两套根本不同的文化规范。 改善青少年的心理功能很重要，因为在美国社会中，许多与社会有关的行为都是在很小的年龄开始的。 本研究以McCubbin等的少数民族家庭弹性模型为理论框架，假设父母和青少年在亲子关系中感知的父母接纳与青少年的心理功能呈正相关。 第二个假设是，父母的文化适应模式将在这一关系中起调节作用。 将从K/KA父母和居住在美国中西部地区的青少年中获得使用先前在K/KA人群中测试的可靠有效工具的自我报告数据。将使用描述性统计、相关分析和分层回归进行数据分析。 研究结果可能会提高我们的知识的潜在目标的干预措施，由护士和其他卫生专业人员与K/KA人群。

The purpose of this cross sectional survey design study is to determine the relationship between parental acculturation mode, the parent-child relationship and psychological functioning of young adolescents ages 11-14 in 100 Korean/Korean American (K/KA) families. Young K/KA adolescents are at risk for less than optimal psychological functioning because they must bridge two fundamentally different sets of cultural norms at this time of critical developmental transition. Improving psychological functioning of young adolescents is important because many socially related behaviors are starting at earlier ages in U.S. society. Using McCubbin et al. Resiliency Model for ethnic minority families as the theoretical framework, it is hypothesized that both parents' and adolescents' perceived parental acceptance in the parent-child relationship will be positively related to young adolescents' psychological functioning. A second hypothesis is that parental acculturation mode will act as a moderator in this relationship. Self-report data using reliable and valid instruments previously tested for use in the K/KA population will be obtained from both K/KA parents and young adolescents living in the Midwest area of the U.S. Descriptive statistics, correlational analyses and hierarchical regression will be used for data analysis. Findings may enhance our knowledge of potential targets for interventions to be employed by nurses and other health professionals working with K/KA populations.