Books on Acculturation
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Acculturation:
Advances in Theory, Measurement, and Applied Research (Decade of Behavior)
The
Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology
Immigrant
Youth in Cultural Transition: Acculturation, Identity, and Adaptation Across National
Contexts
Acculturation
and Psychological Adaptation (Contributions in Psychology)
Acculturation
and Heritage Language Maintenance: Cultural and Educational Experiences of Chinese
Americans
Reviews:
Acculturation:
Advances in Theory, Measurement, and Applied Research (Decade of Behavior)
Product Description: Univ. of California, San Francisco. A comprehensive analysis of
theoretical and applied developments in the measurement of acculturation. Provides an
interdisciplinary approach including theory, and data relevant to ethnic minority groups,
and the relationship to other constructs such as identification.
The
Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology
Review: "This book is a must for any scholar interested in the topic of
acculturation. It provides a comprehensive overview of key theories, concepts and methods,
and highlights the unique experience of varied groups coming into cultural contact across
a wide range of circumstances. This would be a great textbook for a graduate level
cross-cultural psychology course, and a necessary addition to the reference shelf of any
cross-cultural scholar."
--Dina Birman, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago
"This Handbook marks a major landmark in the development of acculturation studies
--Félix Neto, Professor of Psychology, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Immigrant
Youth in Cultural Transition: Acculturation, Identity, and Adaptation Across National
Contexts
...successfully describes various aspects of the acculturation, identity, and adaptation
of immigrant youth cross-nationally. Gender and peer group influences receive good
coverage, which is not always the case in such studies. The adaptation of immigrant youth
appears in a positive light. Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition could serve as a
catalyst for widespread change in conceptions of the immigrant youth experience. -
PsycCRITIQUES
Product Description
In this book, an international team of psychologists with interests in acculturation,
identity, and development describe the experience and adaptation of immigrant youth, using
data from over 7,000 immigrant youth from diverse cultural backgrounds living in 13
countries of settlement. Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition explores the way in which
immigrant adolescents carry out their lives at the intersection of two cultures (those of
their heritage group and the national society), and how well these youth are adapting to
their intercultural experience.
Four distinct patterns are followed by youth during their acculturation:
• an integration pattern, in which youth orient themselves to, and identify with both
cultures;
• an ethnic pattern, in which youth are oriented mainly to their own group;
• a national pattern, in which youth look primarily to the national society; and
• a diffuse pattern, in which youth are uncertain and confused about how to live
interculturally.
The study shows the variation in both the psychological adaptation and the sociocultural
adaptation among youth, with most adapting well.
This book is useful for professionals, researchers, graduate students, and public policy
makers who have an interest in psychology, anthropology, sociology, demography, education,
and psychiatry. It is also a valuable resource for public, governmental, and university
libraries.
Acculturation
and Psychological Adaptation (Contributions in Psychology)
This volume addresses the psychological impact of interethnic contact and acculturation in
Latin American settings, focusing on the effects of acculturation on self-esteem among
adolescents. Opening with an account of relevant theoretical and empirical literature on
interethnic contact and acculturation, this book represents an "acid test" of
the cross-cultural applicability of theory and method largely derived from research on
acculturation to North American and European settings. Much research has focused on
acculturation processes among ethnic immigrants and ethnic minorities leading to the
impression that host or majority groups remain unchangeable during acculturation. By
contrast, this volume shows that psychological changes occur in all groups involved in the
contact, reinforcing the idea that acculturation is a special case of mutual influence.
This book will be of special interest for researchers, scholars or students seeking to
understand the acculuturation process outside North America and Europe. Strong evidence is
pressented showing the development of positive ties with both one's own and other relevant
groups provides a more solid basis for self-esteem than relinquishing ties to the ethnic
group of reference.
Acculturation
and Heritage Language Maintenance: Cultural and Educational Experiences of Chinese
Americans
This book focuses on the cultural and educational experiences of Chinese Americans. The
research topic specifically focuses on the acculturation process and its impact on the
ethnic identity and language maintenance among Chinese American families. This is an
important and timely subject in light of the demographic shifts in the U.S. that reveal
the arrival of large percentages of Chinese immigrant families. The demographic shift has
impacted Houston and other large urban cities in substantial ways, particularly in private
and public schools. This book provides educators, public policy makers, and others, with
relevant, insightful data on the Chinese American immigrant experience. The research
allows interested scholars to compare and contrast different immigrant experiences, adding
to the knowledge base and creating a richer landscape of data that facilitates better
decision-making by educators and leads to improved educational experiences for immigrant
children. This book explores the relevant language and educational issues and research
findings address appropriate measures to improve the educational achievement of immigrant
children.
Bibliography:
G. Peterson, J.A. Cobas, H. Balcazar, and J. Amling.
"Acculturation and Risk Behavior among Pregnant Mexican American Females: A
Structural Equation Model." Sociological Inquiry 68 (November, 1998):536-556.
H. Balcazar, G. Peterson, and J.A. Cobas. “Acculturation and Health-related Risk
Behaviors Among Mexican American Pregnant Women.” American Journal of Health Behavior
(November-December 1996):425-433.
J.A. Cobas, H. Balcazar, M.B. Benin, V.M.Keith, and Yinong Chong. "Acculturation and
Low Birthweight Infants among Latino Women: A Reanalysis of HHANES Data with Structural
Equation Models." American Journal of Public Health 86 (March,1996):394-396
Two Different Worlds: Acculturation Stress and Adaptation
among Cuban and Nicaraguan Families -
Andres G. Gil, University of Connecticut
William A. Vega, University of California-Berkeley
Acculturation and smoking behavior in Asian-American
populations
Grace X. Ma, Yin Tan, Jamil I Toubbeh, Xuefen Su, Steven E. Shive and Yajia Lan
Findings indicated that acculturation had a variable effect on smoking behavior: more
acculturated youth and less acculturated male adults had higher smoking rates than the
less acculturated youth and the more acculturated male adults. Smoking rates for all
females were generally lower than those of males regardless of acculturation status;
however, acculturated adult females had a higher smoking rate than the less
acculturated.
Acculturation and Psychological Well-Being among Immigrant
Adolescents in Finland
A Comparative Study of Adolescents From Different Cultural Backgrounds -
Adapting a Measure of Acculturation for Cross-Cultural
Research
Felicitas A. Dela Cruz, DNSc, RN, Azusa Pacific University
Geraldine V. Padilla, PhD, American Cancer Society, California Division
Elaine O. Agustin, BSN, RN, Methodist Hospital of Southern California
This article describes a systematic and replicable process used in adapting and modifying
A Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics (ASASH) for use with Filipino Americans. It
depicts the multiple and iterative steps of translation and back translation to produce A
Short Acculturation Scale for Filipino Americans (ASASFA) in English and in
Tagalog—the Philippine national language.
Acculturation and the Mental Health of Latina Women in the
Women, Infant, and Children Program -
Antonia Cordero, University of Connecticut, West Hartford, cordero@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Brenda Kurz, University of Connecticut, West Hartford, kurz@uconnvm.uconn.edu
This 2003 exploratory study of various Latina ethnic groups attending the Women, Infant,
and Children (WIC) Program compared five measures of acculturation and mental health
status/utilization.
Relations of Depression, Acculturation, and Socioeconomic
Status in a Latino Sample -
Israel Cuellar, University of Texas-Pan American
Robert E. Roberts, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Data were obtained from 1,271 Latino first-year college students; 89% self-labeled as
either Mexican American or Hispanic, and 11% as Mexican National. Symptoms of depression
were compared for various acculturation levels, and bicultural groups with controls for
SES and gender. The Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II (ARSMA-II) was
used to assess acculturation characteristics. Variance in depression scores was found to
be influenced more by gender and SES than by acculturation or ethnic identity status.
Assimilated Mexican Americans reported significantly fewer symptoms of depression than
their more traditional counterparts. Ethnicity and acculturation per se were not found to
lessen or increase riskfordepression, but SES associated with ethnicity wasfound to
directly affect depression scores.
Acculturation, Drinking, and Intimate Partner Violence
among Hispanic Couples in the United States: A Longitudinal Study -
Raul Caetano, Suhasini Ramisetty-Mikler
Christine McGrath, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas Regional
Campus
This article examines the 5-year association between acculturation, drinking, and
maleto-female partner violence and female-to-male partner violence among Hispanic couples
in the United States. Drinking is associated with acculturation among women. Couples with
mixed acculturation level (high-medium) are less at risk for maleto-female partner
violence. An increase of five standard drinks per week in men’s drinking decreases
the risk of female-to-male partner violence by 10%. Acculturation level at Time 1 is not
associated with male-to-female partner violence and female-to-male partner violence status
5 years later.
Gang Membership and Acculturation: ARSMA-II and
Choloization -
D. A. Lopez, California State University, Northridge
Patricia O'Donnell Brummett, California State University, Northridge
Choloization, a staple in gang research on Latinos, asserts that gang members are less
acculturated than non-gang members. Using a sample of Latino incarcerated youths from Los
Angeles County (N = 370), the veracity of the concept of choloization using the ARSMA-II
Acculturation Scale is examined.