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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Learning Objective 1: discuss the congruity between Korean American adolescents and their parents report on parental knowledge, parental/filial self-efficacy, parent-child communication, and parent-child conflicts.
Learning Objective 2: idendity areas for interventions for Korean American adolescents and their parents.
Purpose: Little is known about Korean American adolescents’ (KAA) and their parents’ perceptions of parental knowledge about adolescents’ school life, parental/filial self-efficacy to communicate, parent-child communication, and parent-child conflicts. Even less is known about the congruity of parents’ and adolescents’ perceptions. A lack of parental knowledge, inadequate parent-child communication, and increased parent-child conflicts resulting from immigration have been associated with adolescent’s mental health problems. This cross-sectional descriptive study examined the correlations between KAAs’ aged 11 to 14 years and their parents’ report of parental knowledge, parental/filial self-efficacy, parent-child communication, and parent-child conflicts.
Theoretical Framework: The Social Cognitive Theory and the Social Ecology Theory guided this study.
Method: Thirty-one Korean American (KA) parent-child pairs from two KA churches completed the self-administered questionnaires: Knowledge of Adolescent’s School Life, Parental/Filial self-efficacy, Parent-Child Communication Scale for KAs, and Conflict Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlations, followed by cross-classification tables, and chi-square and Kendal’s tau-b.
Results: Positive correlations between fathers’ and KAAs’ perceptions of parental knowledge, self-efficacy, parent-child communication, and parent-child conflicts were observed (P ≤ .05). Father and KAAs congruently reported that fathers have limited parental knowledge, low self-efficacy, limited communication with a child, and high parent-child conflicts. Positive correlations between mothers’ and KAAs’ perceptions of parental knowledge, self-efficacy, and parent-child conflicts were observed (P ≤ .05). Although mothers and KAAs agreed that the quality of their mother-child relationship was better than father-child relationship, mothers and KAAs showed incongruent perceptions of communication content and process.
Conclusions: Fathers’ limited knowledge and communication with a child, low self-efficacy, and high parent-child conflicts reflect traditional parenting roles in Korean culture: breadwinning fathers and nurturing mothers. Considering the fact that inadequate parent-child relationships may have adverse effects on KAAs’ mental health, it is necessary to develop interventions enhancing parent-child communication for KA families. The interventions need to be designed to promote fathers involvement in parenting.
Theoretical Framework: The Social Cognitive Theory and the Social Ecology Theory guided this study.
Method: Thirty-one Korean American (KA) parent-child pairs from two KA churches completed the self-administered questionnaires: Knowledge of Adolescent’s School Life, Parental/Filial self-efficacy, Parent-Child Communication Scale for KAs, and Conflict Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlations, followed by cross-classification tables, and chi-square and Kendal’s tau-b.
Results: Positive correlations between fathers’ and KAAs’ perceptions of parental knowledge, self-efficacy, parent-child communication, and parent-child conflicts were observed (P ≤ .05). Father and KAAs congruently reported that fathers have limited parental knowledge, low self-efficacy, limited communication with a child, and high parent-child conflicts. Positive correlations between mothers’ and KAAs’ perceptions of parental knowledge, self-efficacy, and parent-child conflicts were observed (P ≤ .05). Although mothers and KAAs agreed that the quality of their mother-child relationship was better than father-child relationship, mothers and KAAs showed incongruent perceptions of communication content and process.
Conclusions: Fathers’ limited knowledge and communication with a child, low self-efficacy, and high parent-child conflicts reflect traditional parenting roles in Korean culture: breadwinning fathers and nurturing mothers. Considering the fact that inadequate parent-child relationships may have adverse effects on KAAs’ mental health, it is necessary to develop interventions enhancing parent-child communication for KA families. The interventions need to be designed to promote fathers involvement in parenting.