• 311-01 - Familism, Differentiation of Self, and Depression Among Young Adults in Korea, Taiwan, and the US
  Presented by: Jaerim Lee, Chih-Yuan Steven Lee, Catherine A. Solheim
• 311-02 - Effects of Culture Brokering on Immigrant Youth Well-being
  Presented by: Vanja Lazarevic, Marcela Raffaelli
• 311-03 - Integration Into Host Society and Family Well-being: Refugees in South Africa
  Presented by: Ria Smit
• 311-04 - The Longitudinal Causal Directionality Between Body Image Distress and Low Self-esteem Among Korean Adolescents: The Moderating Effect of Relationships With Parents
  Presented by: Woochul Park, Norman Epstein

Abstracts

Familism, Differentiation of Self, and Depression Among Young Adults in Korea, Taiwan, and the US

Presented by: Jaerim Lee, Chih-Yuan Steven Lee, Catherine A. Solheim

We examined whether relationships among familism, conformity to parental expectations, parent-child closeness, differentiation of self, attachment anxiety, and depression varied across young adults in Korea, Taiwan, and the US. There was a direct association between familism and differentiation of self only among Taiwanese young adults. Closeness to parents mediated the relationship between familism and differentiation of self in the Korean and Taiwanese samples, but not in the US sample. Korean and Taiwanese young adults differed in the association between their closeness to parents and conformity to parental expectations as well as how attachment anxiety mediated differentiation of self and depression.

Effects of Culture Brokering on Immigrant Youth Well-being

Presented by: Vanja Lazarevic, Marcela Raffaelli

Language brokering (i.e., translating) is a common phenomenon in immigrant families, receiving much attention in recent years. However, there seems to exist another type of brokering, non-linguistic brokering, which has not been examined. The current study explored the ways in which these two types of brokering impact the well-being of immigrant young adults (N = 197) and the ways in which family dynamics play part as well. Data indicate that brokering has profound effects on youth well-being, but that family dynamics mediate the association between brokering and well-being. Implications for these findings are discussed.

Integration Into Host Society and Family Well-being: Refugees in South Africa

Presented by: Ria Smit

This paper focusses on the perceptions and experiences of female refugees from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe who reside in the inner-city areas of Pretoria and Johannesburg, South Africa. Particular attention is paid to (a) their daily life experiences and survival strategies, (b) their sense of wellbeing, and (c) their family life. More specifically, the paper discusses the health and wellbeing of these refugee families in terms of how successful the families are in integrating into the host society.

The Longitudinal Causal Directionality Between Body Image Distress and Low Self-esteem Among Korean Adolescents: The Moderating Effect of Relationships With Parents

Presented by: Woochul Park, Norman Epstein

 This study examined the causal direction between self-esteem and body image distress and the moderating effect of relationships with parents among Korean adolescents, using nationally representative prospective panel data (n = 3166). Among girls, longitudinal bidirectionality was detected, but boys exhibited unidirectionality, in that their self-esteem predicted subsequent body image distress, but not vice versa. A gender difference also emerged in the moderating effect of quality of relationships with parents. For girls, relationships with parents moderated the effect of body image distress on self-esteem, whereas for boys relationships with parents moderated the influence of self-esteem on body image distress.