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Acculturation‐based and everyday family conflict in Chinese American families
Author(s) -
Juang Linda P.,
Syed Moin,
Cookston Jeffrey T.,
Wang Yijie,
Kim Su Yeong
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.20002
Subject(s) - normative , acculturation , assertion , psychology , autonomy , social psychology , chinese americans , developmental psychology , cultural conflict , family conflict , ethnic group , sociology , political science , anthropology , social science , computer science , law , programming language
Everyday conflict (studied primarily among European American families) is viewed as an assertion of autonomy from parents that is normative during adolescence. Acculturation‐based conflict (studied primarily among Asian‐ and Latino‐heritage families) is viewed as a threat to relatedness with parents rather than the normative assertion of autonomy. Our overarching goal for the chapter is to integrate our knowledge of these two types of family conflict that have been studied separately to arrive at a new understanding of what family conflict means for Chinese American adolescents and their parents. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.