Most parents want their children to succeed well. For some parents, however, children’s successes are strongly related to beliefs about their own self-worth; a concept known as parental child-invested contingent self-esteem, which has shown links to negative parenting practices (e.g., psychological control). Less is known about associations with aspects of the parent–child relationship that are particularly relevant among families with immigrant backgrounds. We examine the associations with acculturation-related conflicts in a sample of 180 Latino parents of children in 6th to 12th grade. Results showed that higher levels of parental child-invested contingent self-esteem was significantly linked to higher levels of acculturation conflicts, but this link was especially strong if the parent reported that their child was unresponsive to their corrections. When parents base their self-worth on their child’s successes and the child acts in ways that are not in line with parents’ expectations, parents report more acculturation-related conflicts.

大多数父母都希望他们的孩子取得成功。然而，对于一些父母来说，孩子的成功与他们对自我价值的信念密切相关。一个被称为父母子女投资的偶然自尊的概念，它显示出与消极养育做法（例如，心理控制）的联系。关于与具有移民背景的家庭特别相关的亲子关系方面的关联知之甚少。我们在 180 名 6 至 12 年级儿童的拉丁裔父母样本中检查了与文化适应相关冲突的关联。结果表明，较高水平的父母子女投资的偶然自尊与较高水平的文化适应冲突显着相关，但如果家长报告他们的孩子对他们的纠正没有反应，这种联系就特别强。当父母将自我价值建立在孩子的成功之上，而孩子的行为方式与父母的期望不符时，父母会报告更多与文化适应相关的冲突。