Parent-Child Relations and Psychological Adjustment among High-Achieving Chinese and European American Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Qin, Desiree Baolian; Rak, Eniko; Rana, Meenal; Donnellan, M. Brent
Titel	Parent-Child Relations and Psychological Adjustment among High-Achieving Chinese and European American Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 35 (2012) 4, S.863-873 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.12.004
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Conflict; Magnet Schools; Chinese Americans; Grade 9; Parent Child Relationship; Emotional Adjustment; Stress Variables; High Achievement; Family Relationship; Surveys; White Students; Ethnic Groups; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Konflikt; Asian immigrant; Chinese; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; Chinesen; USA; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Emotionale Anpassung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Ethnie; Schulleistung
Abstract	Chinese American students are often perceived as problem-free high achievers. Recent research, however, suggests that high-achieving Chinese American students can experience elevated levels of stress, especially comparing to their peers from other ethnic groups. In this paper, we examine how family dynamics may influence psychological adjustment among a group of high-achieving adolescents. Drawing on survey data collected on 295 Chinese American and 192 European American 9th graders attending a highly selective magnet school, our findings show that Chinese American adolescents reported significantly lower levels of psychological adjustment (d = -0.31), and significantly less family cohesion (d = -0.34) and more conflict (d = 0.56) than their European American peers. Further, the ethnic differences on adjustment disappeared after controlling for perceptions of family cohesion and conflict, indicating that such perceptions may be a key factor in understanding the high academic achievement/low psychological adjustment paradoxical pattern of development among Chinese American adolescents. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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