Vietnamese Adolescents in Australia: Relationships between Perceptions of Self and Parental Values, Intergenerational Conflict, and Gender Dissatisfaction
Title:
Vietnamese Adolescents in Australia: Relationships between Perceptions of Self and Parental Values, Intergenerational Conflict, and Gender Dissatisfaction
Author:
Rosenthal, Doreen
Appeared in:
International journal of psychology
Paging:
Volume 31 (1996) nr. 2 pages 81-92
Year:
1996-06-01
Contents:
The present study examined traditional family and independence values among young Vietnamese respondents ( N=204), their perceptions of parents' values, and the impact of differential parentadolescent acculturation on intergenerational conflict and gender satisfaction. The study confirmed that adolescents perceived that they had less traditional values than their parents. Traditional family values diminishedwithtime spent inAustraliawhile the value accordedtoindependence increased. This pattern was stronger for girls than for boys. Girls valued Vietnamese traditions less than did their male peers, regarded their parents as being less accepting of independence, and were more dissatisfied with their gender role than boys. For girls but not for boys, discrepancy between adolescent and parental values was associated with more conflict and greater gender dissatisfaction. This study suggests that girls have more difficulty than boys in dealing simultaneously with the expectations of two cultures. Cette e tude examine les valeurs relatives a la famille traditionnelle et a l'independance chez de jeunes immigrants vietnamiens (n = 204), leurs perceptions des valeurs de leurs parents et l'impact de l'acculturation diffe rentielle parent-adolescent sur le conflit interge ne rationnel et la satisfaction des garc ons et des filles quant au ro le sexuel culturellement prescrit. Les re sultats confirment que les adolescents perc oivent leurs valeurs comme moins traditionnelles que celles de leurs parents. Les valeurs familiales traditionnelles diminuent avec la dure e du se jour en Australie et la valeur accorde e a l'inde pendance augmente. Ce pattern est plus marque e chez les filles que chez les garc ons. Les filles valorisent les traditions vietnamiennes moins que leurs pairs masculins, conside rent que leurs parents acceptent moins facilement l'inde pendance et sont plus insatisfaites du ro le sexuel qui leur est culturellement prescrit. Chez les filles mais pas chez les garc ons, l'e cart entre les valeurs des adolescents et des parents est associe avec plus de conflits et une plus grande insatisfactionparrapport auro le sexuel. Cette e tude sugge re que les filles ont plus de difficulte que les garc ons a re pondre simultane ment aux attentes de deux cultures.
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