The authors examine impacts of immigration on parent-adolescent value simil
arity, consistency of parents' value messages, and the value transmission p
rocess. Thirty-four former Soviet immigrant families to Israel and 68 match
ed Israeli families participated. Group mean comparisons revealed generatio
nal effects for openness and conservation values: adolescents resembled one
another more than their own parents. Immigration further increased adolesc
ent-parent value distance. For self-transcendence and self-enhancement valu
es, there were no effects. Correlations between parent and adolescent group
means, across 11 values, suggest that immigration reduces parent-adolescen
t similarity in value priorities. Within-family analyses showed no immigrat
ion effects on parent-adolescent value similarity or on accuracy in perceiv
ing parents' values, and greater acceptance of parental values in immigrant
families. Value messages of immigrant parents were less consistent. Incons
istency undermined value transmission, differently in immigrant and veteran
families. The authors discuss why group versus within-family analyses can
yield contradictory results and why findings depend on the specific values
studied.