This study investigated the associations among acculturative family distancing in communication and values, family conflicts (parent-adolescent conflict, interparental conflict), and depressive symptoms and the mediating effects of family conflicts in the associations between acculturative family distancing in communication and values, and depressive symptoms in KA adolescents. Path analysis was used to analyze data from a cross-sectional survey of 339 Korean American adolescents (Mage = 14.99, SD = 1.67; 53% female) residing in New York City and New Jersey. Measurements include the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) Scale, Acculturative Family Distancing Youth Report Scale (AFD-YR), the Family Conflicts Scale (FCS), and the Children’s Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale. All path coefficients for the final model were statistically significant. There were significant mediating effects of parent-adolescent conflict and interparental conflict on the associations between acculturative family distancing in communication and values and depressive symptoms. The study suggests acculturative family distancing may be a contextual risk factor for depressive symptoms among KA youth. Additionally, greater acculturative family distancing may erode the strength and quality of family relationships. One of the objectives of this study was to test the AFD theory which identifies more problematic dimensions of intergenerational acculturation gap that increase risk for family conflict. The findings of the current study not only support but also build on the AFD theory by examining its relationship to both interparental and parent-adolescent conflicts.

本研究探讨了文化适应型家庭距离在沟通和价值观方面的关联、家庭冲突 （父母-青少年冲突、父母间冲突） 和抑郁症状之间的关联，以及家庭冲突在文化适应型家庭疏远在沟通和价值观与抑郁症状之间关系中的中介作用 KA 青少年。路径分析用于分析来自居住在纽约市和新泽西州的 339 名韩裔美国青少年 （Mage = 14.99， SD = 1.67;53% 女性） 的横断面调查数据。测量包括流行病学研究中心-抑郁 （CES-D） 量表、文化适应家庭疏远青少年报告量表 （AFD-YR）、家庭冲突量表 （FCS） 和儿童对父母间冲突感知量表。最终模型的所有路径系数均具有统计学意义。父母-青少年冲突和父母间冲突对文化适应型家庭沟通和价值观距离与抑郁症状之间的关联存在显著的中介作用。该研究表明，文化适应型家庭距离可能是 KA 青年抑郁症状的背景风险因素。此外，更大的文化适应家庭距离可能会削弱家庭关系的强度和质量。本研究的目标之一是检验 AFD 理论，该理论确定了代际文化适应差距的更多问题维度，这些维度会增加家庭冲突的风险。当前研究的结果不仅支持 AFD 理论，而且通过研究 AFD 理论与父母间和父母与青少年冲突的关系，建立在 AFD 理论的基础上。