Language brokering is a shared parent-child experience with implications for parent-child relationships and, in turn, individuals’ psychological well-being; however, few studies recognize the role of parents. This study took a dyadic approach to investigate the association between brokering experiences and internalizing symptoms, and the mediating role of parent-child alienation. Participants were 604 Mexican-origin adolescents (54% female, M_age = 12.41) and their mothers (N = 595). Both adolescents’ and their mothers’ brokering experiences were related to their own internalizing symptoms via their self-reported parent-child alienation. Mothers’ brokering experiences also affected adolescents so that when mothers experienced more negative brokering experiences, adolescents perceived greater parent-child alienation, and in turn more internalizing symptoms, suggesting the necessity of considering language brokering’s influence on members involved as a dyadic process.

语言中介是一种共同的亲子体验，对亲子关系产生影响，进而影响个人的心理健康；然而，很少有研究认识到父母的作用。本研究采用二元方法来调查经纪经历与内化症状之间的关联，以及亲子疏远的中介作用。参与者为 604 名墨西哥裔青少年（54% 为女性，M_年龄 = 12.41）及其母亲（N = 595）。青少年和他们的母亲的经纪经历都与他们通过自我报告的亲子疏远而产生的内化症状有关。母亲的中介经历也会影响青少年，因此当母亲经历更多负面的中介经历时，青少年会感受到更大的亲子疏离，进而产生更多的内化症状，这表明有必要将语言中介对参与的成员的影响视为二元过程。