TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural Orientation Gaps Within a Family Systems Perspective
AU - Bámaca-Colbert, Mayra Y.
AU - Henry, Carolyn S.
AU - Perez-Brena, Norma
AU - Gayles, Jochebed G.
AU - Martinez, Griselda
N1 - Funding Information:
The first three authors contributed equally to this article. This project was supported in part by the Prevention and Methodology Training Program (T32 DA017629; PI: L. M. Collins) with funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health.
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© 2019 National Council on Family Relations
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - The intersection of a family's heritage culture and mainstream cultural norms results in person-to-person differences in values, beliefs, and behaviors, particularly among immigrant families. These differences often lead to divergent cultural views and patterns of behavior both within and between family members. According to the acculturation-gap distress hypothesis, cultural orientation gaps between family members have consequences for family functioning, particularly adolescents' adjustment. Studies supporting this notion have primarily focused on processes in parent–adolescent dyads. Although scholarship on family cultural gaps emerged from a systems perspective, applications of key systems tenets are notably limited in existing work. In this article, we review the background and current state of research on family cultural gaps, provide an overview of key principles of systems perspectives, and integrate the literature on cultural gaps with key systems principles to identify future directions in research and theory.
AB - The intersection of a family's heritage culture and mainstream cultural norms results in person-to-person differences in values, beliefs, and behaviors, particularly among immigrant families. These differences often lead to divergent cultural views and patterns of behavior both within and between family members. According to the acculturation-gap distress hypothesis, cultural orientation gaps between family members have consequences for family functioning, particularly adolescents' adjustment. Studies supporting this notion have primarily focused on processes in parent–adolescent dyads. Although scholarship on family cultural gaps emerged from a systems perspective, applications of key systems tenets are notably limited in existing work. In this article, we review the background and current state of research on family cultural gaps, provide an overview of key principles of systems perspectives, and integrate the literature on cultural gaps with key systems principles to identify future directions in research and theory.
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U2 - 10.1111/jftr.12353
DO - 10.1111/jftr.12353
M3 - Article
C2 - 32405325
AN - SCOPUS:85076599840
VL - 11
SP - 524
EP - 543
JO - Journal of Family Theory and Review
JF - Journal of Family Theory and Review
SN - 1756-2570
IS - 4
ER -