With a little help from my child

A dyad approach to immigrant mothers' and adolescents' socio-cultural adaptation

verfasst von: Peter F. Titzmann, Burkhard Gniewosz
Abstract: Intergenerational adjustment theories suggest that immigrant adolescents may be particularly influential in their families, as they take on family obligations and serve as language brokers. Empirical research in this regard is, however, scarce. One aim of this study was to test whether adolescents' linguistic competence in German adds to the explanation of maternal socio-cultural adaptation difficulties in Germany. Another aim was to investigate whether the association between adolescents' linguistic competence and maternal socio-cultural adaptation difficulties differs depending on adolescents' involvement in family obligations. The sample comprised 185 ethnic German immigrant mother-adolescent dyads from the former Soviet Union (15.7 years old; 60% female). Results of Actor-Partner Interdependence Models, which were developed for dyad data analysis, indicated that mothers of adolescents with a good command of German indeed report fewer socio-cultural adaptation difficulties. The transmission effect from adolescent to mother was particularly pronounced when the adolescent was heavily involved in family obligations. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Explaining Positive Adaptation of Immigrant Youth across Cultures.
Organisationseinheit(en): Institut für Psychologie
Externe Organisation(en): Universität Zürich (UZH)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Journal of Adolescence
Band: 62
Seiten: 198-206
Anzahl der Seiten: 9
ISSN: 0140-1971
Publikationsdatum: 18.04.2017
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Pädiatrie, Perinatalogie und Gesundheitsvorsorge bei Kindern, Sozialpsychologie, Pädagogische und Entwicklungspsychologie, Psychiatrie und psychische Gesundheit
Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung: SDG 3 – Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen
Elektronische Version(en): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.04.005 (Zugang: Geschlossen)

BibTeX

@article{3231784c2ff04f8abeca4c8a46e06d24,
title = "With a little help from my child: A dyad approach to immigrant mothers' and adolescents' socio-cultural adaptation",
abstract = "Intergenerational adjustment theories suggest that immigrant adolescents may be particularly influential in their families, as they take on family obligations and serve as language brokers. Empirical research in this regard is, however, scarce. One aim of this study was to test whether adolescents' linguistic competence in German adds to the explanation of maternal socio-cultural adaptation difficulties in Germany. Another aim was to investigate whether the association between adolescents' linguistic competence and maternal socio-cultural adaptation difficulties differs depending on adolescents' involvement in family obligations. The sample comprised 185 ethnic German immigrant mother-adolescent dyads from the former Soviet Union (15.7 years old; 60% female). Results of Actor-Partner Interdependence Models, which were developed for dyad data analysis, indicated that mothers of adolescents with a good command of German indeed report fewer socio-cultural adaptation difficulties. The transmission effect from adolescent to mother was particularly pronounced when the adolescent was heavily involved in family obligations. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Explaining Positive Adaptation of Immigrant Youth across Cultures.",
keywords = "Acculturation, Acculturative gap, Family dynamics, Intergenerational transmission",
author = "Titzmann, {Peter F.} and Burkhard Gniewosz",
note = "Funding Information: This study was funded by the Jacobs Foundation . ",
year = "2017",
month = apr,
day = "18",
doi = "10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.04.005",
language = "English",
volume = "62",
pages = "198--206",
journal = "Journal of Adolescence",
issn = "0140-1971",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "1",
}