Clarifying the link between acculturation experiences and parent–child relationships among families in cultural transition: The promise of contemporary critiques of acculturation psychology

Tardif-Williams, Christine Yvette; Fisher, Lianne

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2009.01.001

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“…This study is, to our knowledge, the first one to empirically examine the contention that becoming multicultural is an embodied process (Tardif-Williams & Fisher, 2009). Furthermore, this study provides evidence that RSA represents a unique physiological index of individual differences in social engagement capacities, which likely also exerts influence on affective, cognitive, and behavioural processes promoting an approach-oriented stance toward a new culture.…”

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Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Is Prospectively Associated With Early Trajectories of Acculturation Among New International Students

Doucerain

Deschênes

Aubé

et al. 2016

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is a marker of parasympathetic activity hypothesized to index a neurophysiological system supporting social engagement behaviours. Following migration, people must navigate and adapt to a new sociocultural environment. Whether RSA impacts this psychological acculturation process is unknown. This longitudinal study investigated whether resting RSA on arrival in the receiving country was related to changes in cultural orientations toward both mainstream and heritage cultural groups during the first five months following migration. Sixty new international students provided information on their cultural orientations toward the mainstream and heritage cultural groups shortly after arrival in the new country and two and five months after the first assessment. Results indicated that both heritage and mainstream orientations increased linearly over time. Furthermore, greater resting RSA at baseline was prospectively associated with larger increases in positive orientation toward the mainstream culture but not the heritage culture, over and above individual differences in extraversion, depression, and anxiety. These data provide longitudinal evidence that higher RSA promotes an approach-oriented stance toward a novel cultural environment.

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Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Is Prospectively Associated With Early Trajectories of Acculturation Among New International Students

Doucerain

Deschênes

Aubé

et al. 2016

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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“…In categorizing the traits that Korean immigrant parents endorse as either adhering to collectivistic or individualistic cultural scripts, the use of scales as two separate measures may implicitly reject the idea that the acculturative process itself creates a new, blended culture with its own cultural scripts (Tardif-Williams & Fisher, 2009) that are neither fully collectivistic nor fully individualistic. The results, which indicate that the items used do not likely work as a coherent scale, may suggest that a bilinear scale – or a scale that simultaneously measures the endorsement of the idealized cultural traits of the traditional and the mainstream cultures – may not alone adequately reflect the impact of acculturation on the endorsement of cultural traits.…”

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Preservation and modification of culture in family socialization: Development of parenting measures for Korean immigrant families.

Choi¹,

Kim²,

Drankus³

et al. 2013

Asian American Journal of Psychology

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This study aims to describe the family socialization beliefs and practices of Korean immigrant parents through testing psychometric properties of several newly developed items and scales to assess the major components of the Korean traditional concept of family socialization, ga-jung-kyo-yuk. These new measures were examined for validity and reliability. The findings show that Korean immigrant parents largely preserve their traditional and core parenting values, while also showing meaningful, yet not very dramatic, signs of adopting new cultural traits. The results also suggest that the acculturative process may not be simply bilinear but may generate a new, unique and blended value and behavior set from the two (or more) cultures involved. Culturally appropriate practice requires not only further validation of existing knowledge with minority groups, but the development of a theoretical framework of family socialization that recognizes the cultural uniqueness of immigrant families.

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“…We argue that shortcomings in the conceptualization and operationalization of acculturation likely account for the many contradictory findings in this area of research. Widely-used methodologies to characterize acculturation in the context of studies of both physical (Abraído-Lanza et al, 2006; Berry, 1998; Comer, 2003; Hunt et al, 2004; Lopez-Class et al, 2011; Schwartz et al, 2010) and mental health outcomes (Berry, 2009; Chirkov, 2009; Gonzales et al, 2002; Tardif-Williams & Fisher, 2009; Ward, 2008) have been criticized. We build upon those previous critiques, summarize major inadequacies from past studies, and suggest alternative approaches that would enhance the quality of research in this area (Table 1).…”

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Assessment of acculturation in minority health research

Fox

Thayer

Wadhwa

2017

Social Science & Medicine

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Acculturation represents an important construct in the context of health disparities. Although several studies have reported relationships between various aspects of acculturation and health in minority populations, crucial inconsistencies remain. One likely reason for these inconsistencies may relate to limitations in the conceptualization and operationalization of acculturation, particularly in the context of health research. The acculturation construct underwent major conceptual and operational change when it was adapted from anthropology to psychology, and we argue another major shift is now required for use of this construct in health research. Issues include determining whether acculturation measures should focus on an individual’s internal attitudes or overt behaviors; whether they should characterize cultural orientation status at a given point in time or change over time; whether measures should be culture-specific or more global in nature; how the issue of multiculturalism should be addressed; how measures can optimally incorporate multiple dimensions of acculturation; and whether proxy measures should be used. These issues are important in the context of health research because of their implications for determining the direct and indirect effects of cultural change on health-related biological and behavioral processes. We elaborate on and address each of these issues from a perspective that spans multiple disciplines across the biological and social sciences, and offer concrete recommendations with the ultimate goal of achieving a better understanding of the role of acculturation in minority health and health disparities.

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Clarifying the link between acculturation experiences and parent–child relationships among families in cultural transition: The promise of contemporary critiques of acculturation psychology

Cited by 51 publications

References 54 publications

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Is Prospectively Associated With Early Trajectories of Acculturation Among New International Students

Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Is Prospectively Associated With Early Trajectories of Acculturation Among New International Students

Preservation and modification of culture in family socialization: Development of parenting measures for Korean immigrant families.

Assessment of acculturation in minority health research

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