Acculturative tension between parents and adolescents in Latino households: A retrospective study of young adult Latinos

This retrospective study explored young adult Latinos' perceptions of acculturative tension between themselves and their parents and how that tension, if any, affected their lives. The sample included 30 members of La Raza Student Association at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). The researcher developed the self-administered questionnaire utilized to explore the participants' recollections of acculturative tension between themselves and their parents and the effects that such tension had in their lives.;No significant correlations were found in the study in comparing participant characteristics by perceived acculturation tension. Most of the participants appeared not to be affected by acculturative stress since most of them (60%) reported feeling lucky to be able to function in 2 different cultures. More than half believed that their family background did not negatively affect their success.