결혼이주여성의 문화적응스트레스, 부모효능감, 청소년자녀의 문화적응스트레스 간 종단적 상호관계 = The Longitudinal Study on the Reciprocal Relationships among Married Immigrant Women’s Acculturative Stress, Parenting Efficacy, and Their Adolescent Children’s Acculturative Stress

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Research Topic: This study examined the longitudinal relationships among married immigrant women’s acculturative stress, parenting efficacy, and their adolescent children’s acculturative stress. Using a time-lagged design, we tested autoregressive and cross-lagged effects to identify both temporal stability and reciprocal influences among the three variables.
· Research Background: We sought to examine the longitudinal relationships among married immigrant women’s acculturative stress, parenting efficacy, and their adolescent children’s acculturative stress.
· Difference from Previous Studies: Most previous studies have relied on cross-sectional designs, focusing on associations among these variables at a single time point. In contrast, the present study explores how mothers’ acculturative stress, parenting efficacy, and adolescents’ acculturative stress change over time and examines their reciprocal influences using a longitudinal framework.
· Research Method: We utilized three waves (2021–2023) of panel data and conducted analyses using an Autoregressive Cross-Lagged Model (ARCLM). This approach allowed us to test (1) autoregressive effects (temporal stability within each variable) and (2) cross-lagged effects (directional influences across variables over time).
· Research Results: First, all three variables—married immigrant women’s acculturative stress, parenting efficacy, and adolescents’ acculturative stress—showed significant autoregressive effects, indicating substantial stability over time. Second, cross-lagged analyses revealed that mothers’ acculturative stress negatively predicted later parenting efficacy and positively predicted adolescents’ subsequent acculturative stress. Parenting efficacy, in turn, negatively predicted later mothers’ acculturative stress and adolescents’ acculturative stress. However, adolescents’ acculturative stress did not significantly predict subsequent mothers’ acculturative stress or parenting efficacy.
· Contributions and Implications: By applying an ARCLM to three-wave panel data, this study clarifies the temporal stability and directional links among the three variables. Parenting efficacy emerged as a potential protective factor, while mothers’ acculturative stress appeared to be an upstream risk factor. The results underscore the value of family-based supports that reduce mothers’ stress and enhance parenting resources.