Psychological adaptation and development under acculturative stress: Toward a general model

Born, David O

doi:10.1016/0037-7856(70)90025-9

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“…These include cultural differences, discrimination, unemployment, lack of English classes, and social network [6]. There continues to be a scarcity of empirical research that tests the impact of these and other contexts of the acculturative stress and psychological distress of Latina immigrants.…”

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Contextual Approach to Acculturative Stress Among Latina Immigrants in the U.S.

Bekteshi

Hook

2014

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Based on Family Stress Management theory, we explored the contextual influence on acculturative stress and psychological distress. We included 639 Latinas from the National Latino Asian American Survey. We hypothesized that (a) impact of acculturative stress on psychological distress depends on specific contexts; (b) U.S. climate (i.e., perceived discrimination, happiness with U.S. move, years in the U.S.) impacts acculturative stress and psychological distress the most, and (c) contextual factors interact in impacting acculturative stress. Acculturative stress did not always lead to psychological distress. Perceived discrimination and difficulty visiting family abroad were positively associated with acculturative stress. Years in the U.S. and happiness with the U.S. move were negatively associated with acculturative stress. Years in the U.S. and perceived discrimination interacted in predicting acculturative stress. These results can aid formulation of effective interventions that target contexts likely to impact acculturative stress and psychological distress among Latinas.

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Contextual Approach to Acculturative Stress Among Latina Immigrants in the U.S.

Bekteshi

Hook

2014

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…Studies have addressed some of the stressors associated with acculturation, such as language mastery, translating important information to parents, feeling unaccepted because of ethnic group affiliation, immigration status, cultural practices, and family conflicts attributed to different acculturation levels between adolescents and parents (Berry, 1998;Born, 1970;Gil, Vega, and Dimas, 1994;Hovey, 1998;Sanchez and Fernandez, 1993;Ward, 1997). In a search of the literature no studies have been published that have addressed both stressful life events in adolescents and acculturative stress.…”

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A Longitudinal Analysis of Stressful Life Events, Smoking Behaviors, and Gender Differences in a Multicultural Sample of Adolescents

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Substance Use & Misuse

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Many studies have addressed the associations between stressful life events and adolescent smoking. Few studies, however, have examined gender differences, specifically with multicultural samples. This longitudinal study examines the relationship between 6 stress subscales and smoking behaviors 716 multicultural U.S. adolescents living in the greater Los Angeles area in 2000-2001. At baseline the ethnic break-down of the sample was 63% Latino and 26% Asian/PI and 70% were 11 years of age. Negative personal events were associated with lifetime smoking and negative school events were associated with intentions to smoke. Stratification of the sample by gender indicated that gender confounded the relationship between negative personal stress and lifetime smoking and negative school stress, positive personal stress and intentions to smoke. Two significant interactions were found. Findings indicate there are differential effects of stressful events between genders which may lead to smoking experimentation or intentions to smoke. Implications and limitations are discussed.

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“…According to acculturation theory (Berry, 1976(Berry, , 2005Born, 1970), coming into contact with a majority culture will result in acculturative or assimilation stress. Individuals under these conditions must end up choosing between several mutually exclusive strategies in dealing with the majority culture.…”

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confidence: 99%