Reconsidering the “Acculturation Gap”: Mother-Adolescent Cultural Adaptation Mis/Matches and Positive Psychosocial Outcomes among Mexican-Origin Families

Yan, Jiusheng; Sim, Lester; Song, Jiaxiu; Chen, Shanting; Kim, Su Yeong

doi:10.1007/s10964-022-01606-4

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“…While this approach has been used to address the limitation of perceived acculturation measurement (Nieri et al,2016;Pasch et al, 2006;Yan et al, 2022), it fails to assess both individual levels of acculturation and the magnitude or size of the gap (Costigan, 2010).…”

Section: Operationalization Of Acculturation Gapmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acculturation gaps among Afghan refugee families in Canada: Implications for family relationships, adaptation outcomes, and subjective wellbeing of emerging adults

Soltan,

Giguere,

Safdar

2023

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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Section: Operationalization Of Acculturation Gapmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acculturation gaps among Afghan refugee families in Canada: Implications for family relationships, adaptation outcomes, and subjective wellbeing of emerging adults

Soltan,

Giguere,

Safdar

2023

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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“…Recent research, however, among FSU immigrant youth in Germany and Israel (Aumann & Titzmann, 2018), suggests that the relationship between acculturation gaps and youth adjustment may be context dependent, and related to the pace of acculturation of the adolescent (Aumann et al, 2022). For example, among Mexican-origin families, adolescents evince increased adjustment when they are more acculturated than their mothers (Yan et al, 2022). Other research with Dutch Moroccan families (de Haan et al, 2020) underscores how many parents attempt to create new parenting practices which integrate origin and host country cultural values (hybridized parenting, Sanagavarapu, 2010).…”

Section: Parent-child Acculturation Theory and Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk, resilience and family relationships among at‐risk Ethiopian immigrant youth in Israel: A focus group investigation

2023

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Despite the pivotal role that parents play in their adolescent children's lives, intervention programs aimed at at‐risk, immigrant youth have often neglected the role of the parents. Informed by an ecological perspective, the current study explored how the intersecting experiences of parents and adolescents in the Ethiopian immigrant community in Israel inform adolescent risk and resilience. A sample of 55 parents and adolescent children, who were involved in a program serving at‐risk families, and eight service providers participated in five focus groups. Grounded theory analyses of transcripts provided insights into family processes in which the experience of disenfranchisement of parents (due to societal and familial processes) transacts with feelings of isolation and withdrawal of their adolescent children. We documented five issues that reinforced this core pattern: Stigma and discrimination, cultural and language differences between parents and youth, disempowerment in interactions with authorities, parental role strain, and negative influence of the neighborhood. We also documented three resilience processes that counter this pattern (community cohesion, cultural socialization and ethnic and cultural pride, and vigilant parental monitoring). Results suggest a need for family‐based intervention programs that can counter reinforcing cycles of disenfranchisement and build on families' resilience resources.

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“…The categorical "match/mismatch" approach classifies parent-child dyads as matched if they are assigned the same acculturation strategies (integration, assimilation, etc. ), or mismatched if not (e.g., Yan et al, 2022). The mathematical "difference score" approach subtracts the score of one individual from the other (e.g., Marsiglia et al, 2014).…”

Section: Acculturation Gap-distress Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Home is Where the Heart is: Implications of Dyadic Acculturation for Migrant Couples’ Personal and Relational Well-Being

Sun

Geeraert

Lamarche

2022

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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Acculturation—the process through which people adopt the sociocultural values of their heritage and settlement cultures—is a complex experience, particularly within family structures. Although the consequences of acculturation gaps between parents and children have been studied extensively, the consequences for migrant couples are often overlooked. We propose that acculturation gaps in migrant couples are likely detrimental for personal and relational well-being. To test this, a study of 118 migrant couples with the same heritage culture and now living in the United Kingdom was conducted. Acculturation gaps in our studies were conceptualized as both within person and within couple, and their impact on personal well-being and relationship quality was tested using Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM). Results suggest that although within-couple acculturation gaps negatively impacted personal well-being, they were not necessarily harmful to relationship quality. Interestingly, within-person acculturation gaps had dyadic consequences, with one person specifically contributing to their partner’s personal well-being.

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Reconsidering the “Acculturation Gap”: Mother-Adolescent Cultural Adaptation Mis/Matches and Positive Psychosocial Outcomes among Mexican-Origin Families

Cited by 6 publications

References 47 publications

Acculturation gaps among Afghan refugee families in Canada: Implications for family relationships, adaptation outcomes, and subjective wellbeing of emerging adults

Acculturation gaps among Afghan refugee families in Canada: Implications for family relationships, adaptation outcomes, and subjective wellbeing of emerging adults

Risk, resilience and family relationships among at‐risk Ethiopian immigrant youth in Israel: A focus group investigation

Home is Where the Heart is: Implications of Dyadic Acculturation for Migrant Couples’ Personal and Relational Well-Being

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