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Immigrant mothers' acculturative stress increases depressive symptoms and decreases life satisfaction in their children, but these negative spillover effects are significantly buffered by teacher support, particularly for girls. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate the impact of immigrant mothers' acculturative stress on their children's subjective well-being and test whether school-based social relationships moderate these effects.

August 26, 2026Journal of Child and Family StudiesOpen Access

Acculturative Stress Among Immigrant Mothers and Children’s Well-Being in South Korea: The Gendered Moderating Role of School Social Relationships

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HJHayun Jang ASAngelina R. Sutin JKJinho Kim

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Longitudinal panel study reveals maternal acculturative stress impairs adolescent mental well-being in immigrant families, highlighting teacher support as a key protective buffer for girls.

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To evaluate the impact of immigrant mothers' acculturative stress on their children's subjective well-being and test whether school-based social relationships moderate these effects.
Analyzed longitudinal data from the nationally representative Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study of multicultural families in South Korea.
Estimated fixed-effects regression models to control for unobserved time-invariant confounders and assessed two-way and three-way interactions by gender.
Maternal acculturative stress was associated with increased adolescent depressive symptoms (b = 0.070) and decreased life satisfaction (b = -0.053).
Teacher support significantly moderated associations with depressive symptoms (b = -0.050) and life satisfaction (b = 0.057), while peer support showed no significant moderation.
Three-way interaction models demonstrated that teacher support buffered the negative association between maternal acculturative stress and life satisfaction specifically for girls.

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Jang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8e9b58451774b83f3b3fe3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-026-03355-5

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August 26, 2026Journal of Child and Family StudiesOpen Access

Acculturative Stress Among Immigrant Mothers and Children’s Well-Being in South Korea: The Gendered Moderating Role of School Social Relationships

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Authors

HJHayun Jang ASAngelina R. Sutin JKJinho Kim

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Longitudinal panel study reveals maternal acculturative stress impairs adolescent mental well-being in immigrant families, highlighting teacher support as a key protective buffer for girls.

Key Points

To evaluate the impact of immigrant mothers' acculturative stress on their children's subjective well-being and test whether school-based social relationships moderate these effects.
Analyzed longitudinal data from the nationally representative Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study of multicultural families in South Korea.
Estimated fixed-effects regression models to control for unobserved time-invariant confounders and assessed two-way and three-way interactions by gender.
Maternal acculturative stress was associated with increased adolescent depressive symptoms (b = 0.070) and decreased life satisfaction (b = -0.053).
Teacher support significantly moderated associations with depressive symptoms (b = -0.050) and life satisfaction (b = 0.057), while peer support showed no significant moderation.
Three-way interaction models demonstrated that teacher support buffered the negative association between maternal acculturative stress and life satisfaction specifically for girls.

Cite This Study

Jang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8e9b58451774b83f3b3fe3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-026-03355-5

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