We examined the hypothesis that lower maternal relatedness mediates the associations of immigrant mothers’ acculturative stress and lack of benefit finding in immigration with poorer adjustment of their adolescents in terms of more externalizing problems and lower school achievements and self‐worth. Participants were 93 adolescents (47.31% girls, M_age = 16.04) and their mothers (M_age = 45.83) from middle‐class families. Mothers immigrated to Israel from the Former Soviet Union or Western countries (M_{years‐in‐Israel} = 19.75). We used a multimethod multi‐informant approach that included a novel narrative procedure for assessing acculturative stress and benefit finding. Structural Equation Modeling supported the hypothesis, suggesting that research on and practice with adolescents in immigrant families should consider the meaning parents derive from their immigration experiences.

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母亲对移民经历的叙述：与母亲的亲缘关系和青少年适应的关联

我们检验了以下假设：较低的母亲亲缘关系调节了移民母亲的文化压力和移民中缺乏福利发现与青少年在更多外化问题和较低的学业成绩和自我价值方面的较差调整之间的关联。参与者是 来自中产阶级家庭的93 名青少年（47.31% 女孩，M_年龄 = 16.04）和他们的母亲（M_年龄= 45.83）。从前苏联或西方国家移民到以色列的母亲（M _{years-in-Israel} = 19.75）。我们使用了多方法多线人方法，其中包括用于评估文化压力和收益发现的新颖叙述程序。结构方程模型支持这一假设，表明对移民家庭青少年的研究和实践应该考虑父母从他们的移民经历中获得的意义。