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Published in final edited form as: Int J Intercult Relat. 2010 Jan 1;34(1):22–23. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2009.10.002

Table 3.

Significant regression models of family adjustment and parent-adolescent acculturation gaps operationalized as absolute value of parent-child difference scores (Hypothesis 1) and as main effects and interactions of parent and adolescent acculturation variables in moderated regressions (Hypothesis 2)

	Hypothesis 1		Hypothesis 2
	Gap as Difference Score		Gap as Main Effects and Interactions
Dependent variables:	Cohesion	Satisfaction with Parents	Cohesion	Cohesion	Satisfaction with Parents

	r	r	β	β	β

Vietnamese Language	−.23*
Parent ^a			n/a
Adolescent			.23*

Vietnamese Identity	−.30**
Parent				−.01
Adolescent				.39***
Interaction				.22*

Vietnamese Identity		−.19
Parent					−.03
Adolescent					.24*
Interaction					.22*

Step 1: ΔR²			.05*	.14***	.04
Step 2: ΔR²			n/a	18*	08*

Model using adolescent Vietnamese language as predictor was conducted as a simple regression, with no interaction entered.