This study investigated the relationship between intergenerational value discrepancies and psychological adaptation among adolescents with immigrant background (mean age = 15.5 years) in Norway and Sweden. Results from two cohorts (parents and their children) of immigrant and host-national families in the two countries (n = 574) indicated that immigrant adolescents on the whole neither differed from their host peers with respect to psychological adaptation nor on value discrepancies. Value discrepancies were weakly related to psychological adaptation. Results are discussed as to whether the findings may reflect a general phenomenon for all adolescents or specific to those with immigrant background. © 2003 The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Cultural values immigrants Intergenerational gap Adolescents Adaptation

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