Despite the increased number of studies on Asian immigrant families, no prior studies have exclusively investigated all of the three aspects of communication (e.g., communication quantity, quality, and challenges) in relation to Asian American adolescents' academic and emotional outcomes. Likewise, despite their growing number in America, Korean immigrants have been underrepresented in the Asian immigrant family literature. Therefore, this study not only provided detailed descriptive of the three aspects of communication in the contexts of Korean immigrant families, but also investigated the relationships among these aspects in relation to adolescents' academic and emotional outcomes. 112 Korean American adolescents participated in an online survey. A series of regressions and path analyses found that communication quantity had positive relationships with communication quality. On the contrary, parent–adolescent conflicts over academics had negative relationship with communication quality. Mother-adolescent communication quality, more specifically, open communication was positively correlated with adolescents' emotional outcome. Yet, communication quantity, quality, and challenges were not associated with adolescents' academic outcome. The findings from this study extend our understanding about the mechanism of parent-adolescent communication in Korean immigrant families and suggest implications for parents, adolescents, and practitioners.
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