Acculturation has been studied extensively in the context of migrant families. Acculturation gaps between parents and youth have been associated with negative outcomes for migrant families and youth. Importantly, past studies have used different methods to operationalize this gap. Some studies compare self-reported acculturation from both family members in a parent-child dyad, the actual measure. In contrast, other studies rely on a single participant to report acculturation levels of both their relative and themselves, the perceived measure. The current study directly examined the interplay between actual and perceived measures of the acculturation gap by surveying migrant parents and their children in the community (parents: N = 153, M_age = 49.03, 60 % female, 71.2 % 1st generation migrants; youth: N = 153, M_age = 19.64, 58 % female, 58.8 % 2nd generation migrants). All families were residing in the United Kingdom, but varied in their heritage cultures. Parents and youth were asked to report acculturation towards their heritage and settlement cultures, of themselves and of their relative (youth and parents respectively). Using the Accuracy and Bias in the Perception of the Partner model (in SEM), participant’s perceived acculturation was found to be associated with the acculturation of themselves, but also with their partners’ acculturation level. The co-existence of accuracy and bias in parents’ and youth’s perception of their partners’ acculturation indicates that perceived acculturation might not be an accurate proxy measure of the actual acculturation. Future research may wish to take differences between the perceived and actual measures of acculturation into consideration.

在移民家庭的背景下，文化适应已经得到了广泛的研究。父母和青年之间的适应差距与移民家庭和青年的负面结果有关。重要的是，过去的研究使用了不同的方法来弥补这一差距。一些研究比较了亲子双子座中两个家庭成员的自我报告的适应能力，这是实际的度量。相比之下，其他研究则依靠单个参与者来报告他们的亲戚和自己的感知水平，即他们的感知水平。目前的研究通过在社区调查移民父母和他们的孩子直接审查的文化适应差距实际的和感受到的措施之间的相互作用（家长：ñ = 153，中号_年龄= 49.03，女性为60％，第一代移民为71.2％；青年：N = 153，M_年龄= 19.64，女性为58％，第二代移民为58.8％）。所有家庭都居住在英国，但其遗产文化各不相同。父母和青年被要求报告对他们自己和他们的遗产和定居文化的包容。他们的亲戚（分别是青年和父母）。使用伙伴模型感知中的准确性和偏差（在SEM中），发现参与者的感知适应与自己的适应有关，但也与伙伴的适应水平有关。父母和青年对伴侣的适应能力的认知与准确性并存，表明感知的适应能力可能不是对实际适应能力的准确替代。未来的研究可能希望考虑到感知的和实际的适应手段之间的差异。