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Clark, Ellen Riojas; Flores, Belinda Bustos

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“…This also has the potential of affecting their self-concept. In line with this, bicultural identity research has found identity to be positively related to self-concept and negatively related to psychological discomfort (de Domanico et al, 1994; Clark and Flores, 2001).…”

Section: Description Of the Complex And Dynamic Gear Modelmentioning

confidence: 72%

Role of Bilingualism and Biculturalism as Assets in Positive Psychology: Conceptual Dynamic GEAR Model

Chen

Padilla

2019

Front. Psychol.

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Are bilingualism and/or biculturalism good for a person’s positive well being? A growing number of studies have shown different positive outcomes of being exposed to two cultures or speaking two languages respectively, but the benefits of being both bilingual and bicultural have rarely been investigated theoretically or empirically. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the main beneficial outcomes of bilingualism and biculturalism, and to integrate these benefits into a new conceptual framework: Positive Bilingualism and Biculturalism GEAR model. The GEAR model suggests that the beneficial outcomes of bilingualism and biculturalism can be systematically classified into four positive dimensions (psychological Growth; cognitive Exploration; linguistic Awareness; and social Reinforcement), in which there are dynamic interactions among these four dimensions. The hypothetical GEAR model provides an intricate theoretical approach to understand the potential benefits to an individual of experiencing more than one language and one culture in their life. The proposed model in this research offers a systematic framework for conducting future research to examine whether bilingualism and biculturalism accrue benefits to the individual.

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Section: Description Of the Complex And Dynamic Gear Modelmentioning

confidence: 72%

Role of Bilingualism and Biculturalism as Assets in Positive Psychology: Conceptual Dynamic GEAR Model

Chen

Padilla

2019

Front. Psychol.

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“…Though proud of his ethnicity, Tony encountered few university peers or teachers not of the majority ethnic population. Similar to Clark and Flores’s (2001) participants, Tony believed ethnic identity was beneficial to majority group members and disadvantageous to minority group members.…”

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“…Furthermore, Siraj-Blatchford (1991) reported that only 5 of their 70 Black Initial Teacher Education students believed they had not experienced racism as part of the teacher education program in the university and in the field. Clark and Flores’s (2001) Latina/o participants revealed complex cultural identities in their self-identifications but found that their educational environment did not reflect or respect their cultural heritage. Haddix (2010) concluded that “preservice teachers of color are faced with dueling opposites—university culture versus home culture—and encounter marginalization from the ruling center (e.g., teacher education university classes, practicum school placement) and the established margin (e.g., home culture, social peers)” (pp.…”

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“…He asserted that although being male in the elementary school environment might be difficult, adding layers of unprivileged minority status made for “exponential” challenges and erased possible advantages of being male. His increased awareness relative to his peers linked to Clark and Flores’s (2001) assertion that students of minority ethnicities often have complex understandings of their cultural- and self-identities. However, none of the participants mentioned how the school or university curricula reflected their identities.…”

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Three Men and a Maybe

Tucker

2015

The Journal of Men’s Studies

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Male preservice elementary teachers often receive special attention. However, identities consist of many complex components. Constant comparative methodology revealed emergent themes of privilege and disadvantage linked to gender, religion, and ethnicity in this exploratory examination of the stories of three male preservice elementary teachers. The men demonstrated varying awareness of their hybrid identities and associated privileges and disadvantages. The participants found privileges and disadvantages related to their gender, but members of religious and ethnic minority groups perceived significant disadvantages of those aspects of their identities. Findings suggest that preservice male teachers' identities are more complex than gender alone, that being in multiple minority groups may compound challenges for preservice male teachers, and that teacher training alone may not sufficiently address issues of identity.

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“…Self-concept among Latino youth has been found to be related to psychosocial quality of life (Wallander et al, 2009), decreased depressive symptoms, and positive adjustment (Robles-Piña, DeFrance & Cox, 2008). Ethnic identity is believed to be central in self-concept and self-esteem development among Latinos (Caravazos-Rehg & DeLucia-Waack, 2009; Riojas Clark & Bustos Flores, 2001). Researchers have argued that for ethnic minority children, positive self-concept works as a buffer against negative psychological experiences (Smith & Silva, 2011).…”

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Boricua de pura cepa: Ethnic identity, cultural stress and self-concept in Puerto Rican youth.

Zhen‐Duan¹,

Jacquez²,

Sáez‐Santiago³

2018

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Although cultural stress has been widely understood as a phenomena associated with immigrants, our study indicated that cultural stress is important in understanding self-concept of youth living in Puerto Rico. For boys, cultural stress, but not ethnic identity, is particularly important to their self-concept. Among girls experiencing high cultural stress, exploration and resolution of ethnic identity was associated with higher self-concept. Results suggested that the cultural stress associated with the colonial context of Puerto Rico is salient in ethnic identity and self-concept development, even though Puerto Rican youth are the ethnic majority in the island. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

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Cited by 75 publications

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Role of Bilingualism and Biculturalism as Assets in Positive Psychology: Conceptual Dynamic GEAR Model

Role of Bilingualism and Biculturalism as Assets in Positive Psychology: Conceptual Dynamic GEAR Model

Three Men and a Maybe

Boricua de pura cepa: Ethnic identity, cultural stress and self-concept in Puerto Rican youth.

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