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Dina Birman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Effect of Ethnic Community on Acculturation and Cultural Adaptation: the Case of Russian-Speaking Older Adults
Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2019Co-Authors: Andrey Vinokurov, Edison J Trickett, Dina BirmanAbstract:The study examined community influences on Acculturation, social integration, and cultural adaptation among elderly Russian-speaking immigrants residing in two communities with different ethnic density. Results revealed direct, indirect, and moderation effects of community. The residents of the dense ethnic community had lower American social support and American Acculturation than residents of the dispersed community. Both communities had comparable levels of acculturative stress and American cultural alienation, underscoring an indirect effect of community on cultural adaptation via Acculturation and social support. The ethnic community also moderated relationships of Acculturation and social support to cultural adaptation, suggesting their varied adaptive and maladaptive pathways. American Acculturation was associated with increased acculturative stress in the dense community and reduced acculturative stress in the dispersed community. Russian Acculturation and social support were typically adaptive in the dense community and maladaptive in the dispersed community. The study supported the Ecological Acculturative Frameworkxcopy (EAF) that underscores the importance of conceptualizing Acculturation as embedded within the community sociocultural context that reflects the lived experiences of individuals interacting with their contextual settings, and empirically examining adaptive and maladaptive pathways provided by these settings.
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A Tale of Two Cities: Replication of a Study on the Acculturation and Adaptation of Immigrant Adolescents From the Former Soviet Union in a Different Community Context
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2005Co-Authors: Dina Birman, Edison J Trickett, Rebecca M. BuchananAbstract:While a great deal of research has been conducted to understand Acculturation and its relationship to adaptation in the new country, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the ways in which the characteristics of the local community impact these processes. The present study addresses this gap in the literature by exploring the potential role of community differences in the Acculturation and adaptation processes of 269 refugee and immigrant adolescents from the former Soviet Union who resettled in two different community contexts. Specifically, a prior study on Acculturation and adjustment among high school students (D. Birman, E. J. Trickett, & A. Vinokurov, 2002) was replicated with the same émigré population in a contrasting community within the same state. The contrast between these communities allowed us to test hypotheses emerging from an ecological perspective concerning (1) patterns of Acculturation, (2) levels of discrimination and its effect on acculturative outcomes, and (3) community differences in the relationship between Acculturation and outcomes. In addition to the focus on community differences, the study also employs a multidimensional measure of Acculturation and assesses Acculturation to both American and Russian culture. Furthermore, adaptation is assessed across different life domains; including peer relationships, family relationships, school adaptation, and psychological adaptation. Findings support the general ecological perspective, suggesting the importance of studying Acculturation and adaptation as a reflexive process in which culture and context are very much intertwined.
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Acculturation and Adaptation of Soviet Jewish Refugee Adolescents: Predictors of Adjustment Across Life Domains
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2002Co-Authors: Dina Birman, Edison J Trickett, Andrey VinokurovAbstract:This study explores how Acculturation is related to adaptation across different life spheres for 162 Soviet Jewish refugee adolescents in a suburban community in Maryland. Because the different contexts of refugee adolescents' lives vary in acculturative demands, different patterns of Acculturation should be related to adaptation in different life spheres. The study uses a multidimensional measure of Acculturation and assesses Acculturation to both American and Russian cultures as it relates to psychological adaptation, peer relations, and school and family outcomes. Findings support the general ecological thesis that Acculturation to different cultures is differentially related to adaptation across life domains. Acculturation to American culture predicted better grades and perceived support from American peers. Acculturation to Russian culture predicted perceived support from Russian peers. Both American Acculturation and Russian Acculturation predicted reduced loneliness and perceived support from parents. Further, different dimensions of Acculturation, such as language and identity, were differentially related to adaptation. Implications for Acculturation theory and measurement are drawn, and cautions are offered about the interpretation of Acculturation studies using single proxies such as language use or preference.
Edison J Trickett - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Effect of Ethnic Community on Acculturation and Cultural Adaptation: the Case of Russian-Speaking Older Adults
Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2019Co-Authors: Andrey Vinokurov, Edison J Trickett, Dina BirmanAbstract:The study examined community influences on Acculturation, social integration, and cultural adaptation among elderly Russian-speaking immigrants residing in two communities with different ethnic density. Results revealed direct, indirect, and moderation effects of community. The residents of the dense ethnic community had lower American social support and American Acculturation than residents of the dispersed community. Both communities had comparable levels of acculturative stress and American cultural alienation, underscoring an indirect effect of community on cultural adaptation via Acculturation and social support. The ethnic community also moderated relationships of Acculturation and social support to cultural adaptation, suggesting their varied adaptive and maladaptive pathways. American Acculturation was associated with increased acculturative stress in the dense community and reduced acculturative stress in the dispersed community. Russian Acculturation and social support were typically adaptive in the dense community and maladaptive in the dispersed community. The study supported the Ecological Acculturative Frameworkxcopy (EAF) that underscores the importance of conceptualizing Acculturation as embedded within the community sociocultural context that reflects the lived experiences of individuals interacting with their contextual settings, and empirically examining adaptive and maladaptive pathways provided by these settings.
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A Tale of Two Cities: Replication of a Study on the Acculturation and Adaptation of Immigrant Adolescents From the Former Soviet Union in a Different Community Context
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2005Co-Authors: Dina Birman, Edison J Trickett, Rebecca M. BuchananAbstract:While a great deal of research has been conducted to understand Acculturation and its relationship to adaptation in the new country, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the ways in which the characteristics of the local community impact these processes. The present study addresses this gap in the literature by exploring the potential role of community differences in the Acculturation and adaptation processes of 269 refugee and immigrant adolescents from the former Soviet Union who resettled in two different community contexts. Specifically, a prior study on Acculturation and adjustment among high school students (D. Birman, E. J. Trickett, & A. Vinokurov, 2002) was replicated with the same émigré population in a contrasting community within the same state. The contrast between these communities allowed us to test hypotheses emerging from an ecological perspective concerning (1) patterns of Acculturation, (2) levels of discrimination and its effect on acculturative outcomes, and (3) community differences in the relationship between Acculturation and outcomes. In addition to the focus on community differences, the study also employs a multidimensional measure of Acculturation and assesses Acculturation to both American and Russian culture. Furthermore, adaptation is assessed across different life domains; including peer relationships, family relationships, school adaptation, and psychological adaptation. Findings support the general ecological perspective, suggesting the importance of studying Acculturation and adaptation as a reflexive process in which culture and context are very much intertwined.
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Acculturation and Adaptation of Soviet Jewish Refugee Adolescents: Predictors of Adjustment Across Life Domains
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2002Co-Authors: Dina Birman, Edison J Trickett, Andrey VinokurovAbstract:This study explores how Acculturation is related to adaptation across different life spheres for 162 Soviet Jewish refugee adolescents in a suburban community in Maryland. Because the different contexts of refugee adolescents' lives vary in acculturative demands, different patterns of Acculturation should be related to adaptation in different life spheres. The study uses a multidimensional measure of Acculturation and assesses Acculturation to both American and Russian cultures as it relates to psychological adaptation, peer relations, and school and family outcomes. Findings support the general ecological thesis that Acculturation to different cultures is differentially related to adaptation across life domains. Acculturation to American culture predicted better grades and perceived support from American peers. Acculturation to Russian culture predicted perceived support from Russian peers. Both American Acculturation and Russian Acculturation predicted reduced loneliness and perceived support from parents. Further, different dimensions of Acculturation, such as language and identity, were differentially related to adaptation. Implications for Acculturation theory and measurement are drawn, and cautions are offered about the interpretation of Acculturation studies using single proxies such as language use or preference.
Andrey Vinokurov - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Effect of Ethnic Community on Acculturation and Cultural Adaptation: the Case of Russian-Speaking Older Adults
Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2019Co-Authors: Andrey Vinokurov, Edison J Trickett, Dina BirmanAbstract:The study examined community influences on Acculturation, social integration, and cultural adaptation among elderly Russian-speaking immigrants residing in two communities with different ethnic density. Results revealed direct, indirect, and moderation effects of community. The residents of the dense ethnic community had lower American social support and American Acculturation than residents of the dispersed community. Both communities had comparable levels of acculturative stress and American cultural alienation, underscoring an indirect effect of community on cultural adaptation via Acculturation and social support. The ethnic community also moderated relationships of Acculturation and social support to cultural adaptation, suggesting their varied adaptive and maladaptive pathways. American Acculturation was associated with increased acculturative stress in the dense community and reduced acculturative stress in the dispersed community. Russian Acculturation and social support were typically adaptive in the dense community and maladaptive in the dispersed community. The study supported the Ecological Acculturative Frameworkxcopy (EAF) that underscores the importance of conceptualizing Acculturation as embedded within the community sociocultural context that reflects the lived experiences of individuals interacting with their contextual settings, and empirically examining adaptive and maladaptive pathways provided by these settings.
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Acculturation and Adaptation of Soviet Jewish Refugee Adolescents: Predictors of Adjustment Across Life Domains
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2002Co-Authors: Dina Birman, Edison J Trickett, Andrey VinokurovAbstract:This study explores how Acculturation is related to adaptation across different life spheres for 162 Soviet Jewish refugee adolescents in a suburban community in Maryland. Because the different contexts of refugee adolescents' lives vary in acculturative demands, different patterns of Acculturation should be related to adaptation in different life spheres. The study uses a multidimensional measure of Acculturation and assesses Acculturation to both American and Russian cultures as it relates to psychological adaptation, peer relations, and school and family outcomes. Findings support the general ecological thesis that Acculturation to different cultures is differentially related to adaptation across life domains. Acculturation to American culture predicted better grades and perceived support from American peers. Acculturation to Russian culture predicted perceived support from Russian peers. Both American Acculturation and Russian Acculturation predicted reduced loneliness and perceived support from parents. Further, different dimensions of Acculturation, such as language and identity, were differentially related to adaptation. Implications for Acculturation theory and measurement are drawn, and cautions are offered about the interpretation of Acculturation studies using single proxies such as language use or preference.
Tanya Nieri - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Reconsidering the “Acculturation Gap” Narrative Through an Analysis of Parent–Adolescent Acculturation Differences in Mexican American Families
Journal of Family Issues, 2016Co-Authors: Tanya Nieri, Matthew Grindal, Michele Adams, Jeffrey T. Cookston, William V. Fabricius, Ross D. Parke, Delia S. SaenzAbstract:Using a sample of 193 Mexican American adolescents (M age at Wave 1 = 14) and three waves of data over two years, this study longitudinally examined the effects of parent-youth Acculturation differences, relative to no differences, on parent-adolescent relationship quality and youth problem behavior. We examined parent-youth differences in overall Acculturation, Mexican Acculturation, and American Acculturation. We differentiated between cases in which the adolescent was more acculturated than the parent and cases in which the parent was more acculturated than the adolescent. Adolescents were more commonly similar to their parents than different. Where differences existed, adolescents were not uniformly more American than their parents, no type of difference was associated with parent-adolescent relationship quality, and no type of difference in overall Acculturation was associated with youth problem behavior. One type of difference by dimension (adolescent had less Mexican Acculturation than mother) was associated with less risk of problem behavior.
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perceived ethnic discrimination versus Acculturation stress influences on substance use among latino youth in the southwest
Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2009Co-Authors: Stephen Kulis, Flavio F Marsiglia, Tanya NieriAbstract:Using a predominately Mexican-origin Latino sample of 5th grade students from the Southwestern United States, this study examined the relative effects of perceived discrimination and Acculturation stress on substance use, and it assessed whether these effects were moderated by linguistic Acculturation or time in the United States. Although rates of substance use were generally low in the sample, given the young age of the participants, over half (59%) of the sample perceived some discrimination, and almost half (47%) experienced some Acculturation stress. Spanish-dominant and bilingual youth perceived more discrimination than English-dominant youth, whereas youth who have been in the United States five or fewer years perceived more discrimination than youth with more time in the United States. Youth who were Spanish-dominant or were recent arrivals experienced the most Acculturation stress, with levels declining as linguistic Acculturation and time in the United States increased. Multiple regression estimates indicated that perceived discrimination was associated with larger amounts and higher frequency of recent substance use and an array of substance use attitudes, such as stronger intentions to use substances, espousal of pro-drug norms, more positive substance use expectancies, and peer approval of substance use. Although Acculturation stress was not associated with substance use, it was positively associated with several substance use attitudes, which are known antecedents of actual use. With a few exceptions, linguistic Acculturation and time in the United States did not moderate the effects of perceived discrimination or Acculturation stress.
Jennifer B. Unger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Future Directions for Research on Acculturation and Health
Oxford Handbooks Online, 2017Co-Authors: Jennifer B. Unger, Seth J. SchwartzAbstract:This closing chapter reviews what we see as the contribution of the Handbook to the literature, as well as what we view as the major issues facing the study of Acculturation and health. Issues enumerated include mismatches between Acculturation theory and the ways in which Acculturation is measured and studied in health and medical research; advances in measurement; appreciating the nuanced links between Acculturation and health outcomes; expanding the array of migrant groups and receiving societies examined in Acculturation and health research; studying Acculturation among indigenous and colonized groups; incorporating Acculturation into preventive and treatment interventions; and examining the mechanisms through linking Acculturation with health outcomes. The chapter concludes with recommendations for moving the field forward.
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Acculturation and Health
Oxford Handbooks Online, 2017Co-Authors: Seth J. Schwartz, Jennifer B. UngerAbstract:The purpose of this book is to bridge “basic” theory and research on Acculturation—that is, what Acculturation is, how it operates, and what are the appropriate methods to study it—with “applied” Acculturation research—that is, how Acculturation affects various health behaviors and outcomes among migrant populations. This introductory chapter reviews current theory and research on Acculturation and health and points to future directions for the field. We also propose some new ideas to help move the field forward. The chapter also lays out the structure of and goals for the book. Fundamental definitional issues regarding what Acculturation is, and how it could relate to health outcomes, are covered.
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The oxford handbook of Acculturation and health
Oxford Handbooks Online, 2016Co-Authors: Seth J. Schwartz, Jennifer B. UngerAbstract:The Oxford Handbook of Acculturation and Health brings together three very different, but complementary, streams of work: theoretical and methodological “basic” work on Acculturation, and applied work linking Acculturation to various health outcomes among international migrants and their families, and interventions applying Acculturation-related principles to prevent or treat health behaviors or problems. In this volume, the work of landmark Acculturation theorists and methodologists appears in the same volume as applied epidemiologic and intervention work on Acculturation and public health. This volume highlights theoretical, methodological, and applied research on the study of Acculturation in an effort to connect fundamental principles of Acculturation theories with research linking these theories to health outcomes. Although the majority of Acculturation and health research has been conducted on the experiences of Hispanic immigrants in the United States, the principles featured in this volume are also intended to apply to other immigrant groups in the United States and elsewhere.
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rethinking the concept of Acculturation implications for theory and research
American Psychologist, 2010Co-Authors: Seth J. Schwartz, Jennifer B. Unger, Byron L Zamboanga, Jose SzapocznikAbstract:This article presents an expanded model of Acculturation among international migrants and their immediate descendants. Acculturation is proposed as a multidimensional process consisting of the confluence among heritage-cultural and receiving-cultural practices, values, and identifications. The implications of this reconceptualization for the Acculturation construct, as well as for its relationship to psychosocial and health outcomes, are discussed. In particular, an expanded operationalization of Acculturation is needed to address the "immigrant paradox," whereby international migrants with more exposure to the receiving cultural context report poorer mental and physical health outcomes. We discuss the role of ethnicity, cultural similarity, and discrimination in the Acculturation process, offer an operational definition for context of reception, and call for studies on the role that context of reception plays in the Acculturation process. The new perspective on Acculturation presented in this article is intended to yield a fuller understanding of complex Acculturation processes and their relationships to contextual and individual functioning.
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The AHIMSA Acculturation Scale: A New Measure of Acculturation for Adolescents in a Multicultural Society
Journal of Early Adolescence, 2002Co-Authors: Jennifer B. Unger, Peggy Gallaher, Sohaila Shakib, Anamara Ritt-olson, Paula H. Palmer, C. Anderson JohnsonAbstract:Acculturation has been associated with adolescent health-risk behaviors. Most Acculturation scales are inappropriate for adolescent surveys because they are too long, are not applicable to differing ethnic groups, or are language-based only. A brief, multidimensional, multicultural Acculturation measure for adolescents was developed. Sixthgrade students (N = 317) in Los Angeles completed that scale and other measures of Acculturation. The Acculturation, Habits, and Interests Multicultural Scale for Adolescents (AHIMSA) generates four subscores: United States Orientation (Assimilation), Other Country Orientation (Separation), Both Countries Orientation (Integration), and Neither Country Orientation (Marginalization). Three of the subscales were correlated with the subscales of a modified Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican-Americans-II, with English language usage, and with generation in the United States providing evidence for the validity of the scale. Research on culturally diverse adolescent samples...
