Previous studies have linked parent-child cultural adaptation mismatches with adolescents’ maladjustment without addressing how intergenerational mis/matches are related to positive aspects of adolescent development and parental outcomes. Using data from 604 Mexican-origin families (adolescent sample:54%female, M_age = 12.41, range = 11 to 15), response surface analysis was conducted to investigate how mother-child mis/matches in cultural adaptation (acculturation, enculturation, English and Spanish proficiency) are associated with adolescents’ and mothers’ resilience and life meaning. Adolescents and mothers reported greater resilience and meaning when they matched at higher, versus lower, levels of acculturation, enculturation and English proficiency; adolescents reported more resilience when they were more acculturated than mothers. The findings provide a strengths-based understanding of parent-child cultural adaptation mis/matches and elucidate how Mexican-origin families thrive in the cultural adaptation process.

先前的研究已将亲子文化适应不匹配与青少年的适应不良联系起来，但没有解决代际不匹配/不匹配如何与青少年发展和父母结果的积极方面相关。利用604个墨西哥裔家庭的数据（青少年样本：54％女性， M_年龄= 12.41，范围= 11至15），进行响应面分析来调查母子在文化适应（文化适应、文化适应、英语和西班牙语水平与青少年和母亲的适应力和生活意义相关。当青少年和母亲的文化适应、文化适应和英语熟练程度较高（而不是较低）时，他们会表现出更大的适应力和意义；当青少年比母亲更适应环境时，他们的适应能力更强。研究结果提供了对亲子文化适应错误/匹配的基于优势的理解，并阐明了墨西哥裔家庭如何在文化适应过程中蓬勃发展。