= 6.84). Among the parents, 26.56% had a child aged 2 to 5 years, 39.83% had a child aged 6 to 10 years, and 33.61% had a child aged 11 to 19 years. Parents reported their psychological distress at baseline (T1), parent-child relationship dysfunction at the 6-month follow-up (T2), and child internalizing and externalizing problems at the 1-year follow-up (T3). Multigroup analysis showed that parental psychological distress at T1 was positively related to parent-child relationship dysfunction at T2 and child internalizing problems at T3, but not to externalizing problems at T3, across all age groups of children. In addition, parent-child relationship dysfunction at T2 mediated the relationship between parental psychological distress at T1 and internalizing and externalizing problems at T3 across all age groups of children. That is, parents with higher psychological distress at T1 reported greater parent-child relationship dysfunction at T2, which, in turn, predicted more severe child internalizing and externalizing problems at T3. These findings have significant implications for the development of culturally responsive interventions to support Asian American children and their families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
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