Scott R. Weaver|Su Yeong Kim
A Person-centered Approach to Studying the Linkages among Parent–Child Differences in Cultural Orientation, Supportive Parenting, and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms in Chinese American Families
Georgia State University|The University of Texas at Austin
longitudinal study examined whether supportive parenting mediates relations parentchild differences cultural orientation generational dissonance depressive symptoms sample 451 first second generation chinese american parents adolescents 1215 years old time 1 using personcentered approach meaningful typologies cultural orientation derived fathers mothers adolescents overall results provided support though qualified notion generational dissonance linked depressive symptoms decreased supportive parenting general parent bicultural profile seemed advantageous adolescents similarly bicultural profile whereas american oriented adolescents chinese oriented parents reported least supportive parenting depressive symptoms directions future research benefits using personcentered approach research acculturation generational dissonance discussed