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This chapter is a review and conceptual analysis of the extent to which aspects of the parent–adolescent relationship can both vary and share qualities across cultures. Parent–adolescent relationships in both the United States and Mexico are used as examples to illustrate how cultural variations exist within common themes across cultures. Specifically, the first objective is to consider how cultural variation influences differences and similarities in the meaning of adolescent social competence in the United States and Mexico. The second objective of this chapter considers how cultural variation across these two societies results in differences and similarities in the socialization strategies that parents use to encourage or inhibit adolescent social competence. Such a conceptual analysis seeks to provide a better theoretical basis for cross-cultural understanding about how adolescent social competence is either fostered or impaired by parents in ways consistent with their cultural context. Accomplishing these objectives requires gaining an understanding of ecological theory, general cultural values that define the goals and strategies of socialization within different cultures, and a thorough review and synthesis of recent research on parent–adolescent relationships.
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Peterson, G.W., Bush, K.R. (2013). Conceptualizing Cultural Influences on Socialization: Comparing Parent–Adolescent Relationships in the United States and Mexico. In: Peterson, G., Bush, K. (eds) Handbook of Marriage and the Family. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3987-5_9
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