The acculturation gap-distress model: Extensions and application to Arab Canadian families.

Rasmi, Sarah; Chuang, Susan S.; Hennig, Karl H.

doi:10.1037/cdp0000014

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“…While some studies have supported the conceptual models developed to explain how conflict may result from parent-adolescent acculturation gaps within immigrant families (Rasmi, Chuang, & Hennig, 2015), others have produced contradictory findings (Marsiglia, Kiehne, & Ayers, 2018). Therefore, the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model may contribute to this literature by shedding a different light or illuminating the interdependent nature of the parent and adolescent relationship, as a step toward explaining the discrepancies in the field.…”

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Examining the Interdependence of Parent-adolescent Acculturation Gaps on Acculturation-based Conflict: Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model

Wang-Schweig

Miller

2018

J Youth Adolescence

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While some studies have supported the conceptual models developed to explain how conflict may result from parent-adolescent acculturation gaps within immigrant families, others have produced contradictory findings. Therefore, the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model may be a step toward explaining the discrepancies in the field. It is a model for dyadic data analysis. It differs from prior approaches for assessing acculturation gaps because it considers the interdependence between two family members, suggesting that adolescents' perceived degree of conflict may be a response to their own acculturation (actor effect) and at the same time, to their parents' acculturation (partner effect), and vice versa. The purpose of this study is to assess parent-adolescent acculturation levels on perceived acculturation-based conflict using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model within Chinese American families (n=187 dyads). The mean age of the adolescents was 12.3 years old (SD = 0.95). Findings from the study demonstrate that adolescents perceived greater conflict the more they were acculturated but perceived less conflict the more their parents were acculturated. Parents perceived less conflict the higher their adolescents scored on both acculturation and cultural maintenance. However, parents perceived greater conflict the higher they maintained their own culture. Results suggest that the partner effects reveal information that may help clarify whether acculturation gaps are related to conflict within immigrant families.

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Examining the Interdependence of Parent-adolescent Acculturation Gaps on Acculturation-based Conflict: Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model

Wang-Schweig

Miller

2018

J Youth Adolescence

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“…However, similar to past research, even when youth exhibited this acculturation gap, it did not appear to be associated with negative outcomes for the majority of the youth or their families (Telzer, 2010). Some conflicts were reported, but it may be that the general quality of the relationship between parents and their children had a moderating effect on conflict around acculturation and identity issues, as was found in past research with Arab Canadian immigrant families (Rasmi, Chuang, & Hennig, 2014). Moreover, consistent with past research, the immigrant youth themselves used disclosure strategies (Yau, Tasopoulos-Chan, & Smetana, 2009) in order to avoid conflict with their parents around the gaps that did exist (particularly about religion) thus reducing their negative experiences in the relationship.…”

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Multidimensional Acculturation and Identity of Russian-Speaking Youth in Canada: The Role of Parents

Glozman

Chuang

2018

Journal of Adolescent Research

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Although recent research has explored the experiences of immigrants in Canada, few researchers have focused on invisible immigrants, and Russian-speaking immigrants in particular. The invisible nature of these immigrants may affect their identity and acculturation following their arrival in their new country. Parents are an important factor in the developmental experience of adolescence, and thus their role in identity and acculturation was the focus of the current study. Using constructivist grounded theory methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 decimal- and second-generation Russian-speaking immigrant youth (15 to 19 years of age). A substantive theory of the role of parents in the identity and acculturation of these youth was developed. Results indicated that youth reported that their parents played a direct role in transmitting culture and influencing their identity in five different ways. The consequent identities of these youth were multidimensional. Moreover, the timing of migration (in the lives of the parents and youth, and in relation to the political context) also affected parents’ decision making and socialization practices. In turn, these factors and practices also affected the relationship between the youth and their parents in a bidirectional manner. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

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“…Previous research on acculturation and migration shows that adolescents often learn the norms and values of the new society more quickly than adults (Rasmi et al, 2015;Telzer, 2010). Based on this finding, we hypothesize that:…”

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Alcohol drinking among adolescents with native-Swedish and non-European immigrant background: the importance of parental attitudes and peer attitudes for acculturation

Johnson

Svensson

2020

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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In this study, we examine differences in alcohol drinking between first-and second-generation non-European immigrant and native-Swedish adolescents. We also examine whether parental and peer attitudes toward alcohol are associated with the acculturation of drinking habits among adolescents with an immigrant background. The study is cross-sectional and based on a school survey conducted in 2016-2019 in eight municipalities in southern Sweden. The sample consists of 3743 adolescents in year 9 of compulsory education, aged 14-15 years, of which 538 (14.4%) had a non-European immigrant background. Non-European immigrant adolescents reported significantly lower levels of drinking than native-Swedish adolescents. Second-generation immigrants reported a higher level of consumption than first-generation immigrants, and among first-generation adolescents, drinking was more prevalent the longer the adolescents had resided in Sweden, which suggests acculturation of drinking habits. This acculturation is mainly related to changes in peer attitudes toward alcohol. Immigrant adolescents with a longer stay in Sweden reported having friends with more positive attitudes toward alcohol. Among first-generation immigrants, drinking was more common among boys than girls. These differences were primarily found among immigrant adolescents with a relatively short period of residence in Sweden, which suggests that acculturation occurs more quickly among boys than among girls.

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The acculturation gap-distress model: Extensions and application to Arab Canadian families.

Cited by 34 publications

References 75 publications

Examining the Interdependence of Parent-adolescent Acculturation Gaps on Acculturation-based Conflict: Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model

Examining the Interdependence of Parent-adolescent Acculturation Gaps on Acculturation-based Conflict: Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model

Multidimensional Acculturation and Identity of Russian-Speaking Youth in Canada: The Role of Parents

Alcohol drinking among adolescents with native-Swedish and non-European immigrant background: the importance of parental attitudes and peer attitudes for acculturation

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