Citation

Chung S, Zhou Q, Kho C, Main A. Fam. Process 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Family Process Institute, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/famp.12546

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Research suggests that parent-child conflict is a salient family process in Asian immigrant families and often a stressful experience for Asian American youth due to value discrepancies between Asian and Western cultures. The present study examined ratings of parent-child conflict across conflict topics from parents' and children's perspectives in a sample of Chinese American immigrant families with school-age children (N = 239; age = 7.5-11 years). Latent profile analyses identified three parent-rated conflict profiles and four child-rated conflict profiles. Parent and child conflict profiles were unrelated to each other and differentially related to family sociocultural factors and children's psychological adjustment. Parents' moderate conflict profile scored highest on parent-rated child behavior problems and had the highest household density and lower parent Chinese orientation. Children's moderate-specific and high conflict profiles scored higher on child-reported behavior problems than the low conflict profile. These results highlight the need to assess family conflict from both parents' and children's perspectives and target parent-child conflict communication as a pathway to prevent or reduce behavioral problems in Chinese American children of immigrant families.

Language: en

Keywords

adaptación de los niños; Children's Adjustment; Chinese American Immigrant Families; conflicto entre padres e hijos; familias de inmigrantes sinoestadounidenses; Palabras clave; Parent-Child Conflict; 亲子冲突; 儿童调适; 华裔美国移民家庭