Adjustment in immigrant families: The role of parent–adolescent value discrepancies.

= 180 families) on their values and positive and negative adjustment outcomes were collected at two time points. Findings indicated that changes in parent-child value discrepancies were significant predictors of adjustment outcomes. Specifically, among adolescents, increasing parent-youth discrepancies in self-enhancement and self-transcendence values predicted increased aggressive and antisocial behaviors, as well as increased anxiety. In addition, increasing parent-youth discrepancies in conservation values predicted increased self-esteem. For parents, only increasing parent-adolescent discrepancies in self-transcendence values predicted increased parental optimism over time. These findings indicate that diverging values within families contribute uniquely to adjustment among immigrant adolescents and their parents. We discuss the importance of familial and cultural contexts for the relations between parent-adolescent value discrepancies and the adjustment of immigrant families. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).