2016
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-015-0408-8
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Filling Gaps in the Acculturation Gap-Distress Model: Heritage Cultural Maintenance and Adjustment in Mexican–American Families

Abstract: The acculturation gap-distress model purports that immigrant children acculturate faster than do their parents, resulting in an acculturation gap that leads to family and youth maladjustment. However, empirical support for the acculturation gap-distress model has been inconclusive. In the current study, 428 Mexican-American adolescents (50.2 % female) and their primary caregivers independently completed questionnaires assessing their levels of American and Mexican cultural orientation, family functioning, and … Show more

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“…Results from the study partially support the first hypothesis in that adolescent acculturation was positively related to their own perceptions of conflict. This finding is supported by past research which has revealed that adolescents from immigrant families who are more American-oriented, report greater family conflict (Nair, Roche, & White, 2017;Telzer et al, 2016). One explanation is that when adolescents adopt Western-oriented behaviors and attitudes, they also adopt a greater willingness to disagree with their parents (Fuligni, 1998).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 71%
“…Results from the study partially support the first hypothesis in that adolescent acculturation was positively related to their own perceptions of conflict. This finding is supported by past research which has revealed that adolescents from immigrant families who are more American-oriented, report greater family conflict (Nair, Roche, & White, 2017;Telzer et al, 2016). One explanation is that when adolescents adopt Western-oriented behaviors and attitudes, they also adopt a greater willingness to disagree with their parents (Fuligni, 1998).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 71%
“…In a more recent cross‐sectional study with Mexican‐heritage adolescents and primary caretakers (83% mother, Telzer, Yuen, Gonzales, & Fuligni, ), the authors conceptualized cultural gaps as statistical interactions between adolescents' and parents' behavioral and value orientation in mainstream and heritage culture. There were no significant statistical interactions that predicted family functioning and adolescent outcomes.…”
Section: Overview Of Current Research On Cultural Gapsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…La identificación de estos perfiles permite estudiar las variables tenidas en cuenta de una forma más comprehensiva, tomando en consideración todos los aspectos estudiados a la vez. La integración se presenta como la opción predominante, coincidente con las investigaciones previas (Berry et al, 2006;Briones, 2010;Sobral et al, 2010;Telzer et al, 2016). Esta situación se percibe como positiva, dado que la integración es la estrategia que ha demostrado tener mejores resultados para la adaptación de los adolescentes inmigrantes.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…En primer lugar, esperábamos que una mayor orientación hacia la cultura de acogida que hacia la de origen (perfil de asimilación) estuviese relacionada con una mayor autonomía, basándonos en la idea de que en la sociedad española es más valorada que en las de origen de los inmigrantes. En segundo, también esperábamos encontrar un aumento de los conflictos en aquellos perfiles más orientados hacia la cultura de acogida, concretamente en el de asimilación, partiendo de que la aculturación más rápida de los hijos e hijas era una de las circunstancias que se habían señalado como influyentes sobre un aumento de los conflictos con los progenitores (García-Coll, 2005;Telzer et al, 2016). De esta forma, una mayor orientación hacia la sociedad española debería de alguna manera implicar un aumento en la autonomía y los conflictos.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
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