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Cultural Intelligence to Cultural Adaptation of Expatriates in Thailand
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D'Souza, June Bernadette – rEFLections, 2022
Cultural diversity in the 21st century makes it imperative for managers to examine the multidimensional construct of cultural intelligence, aiming to solve cross-cultural problems, mitigate culture shock and promote a harmonious work environment. Using the quota sampling technique, this quantitative paper gathered data from three subgroups in…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Work Environment, Acculturation, Foreign Nationals
Reexamining the Acculturation Gap: The Relationship between the Bidimensional Parent-Adolescent Gap and Risky Behavior among Mexican-Heritage Adolescents
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Marsiglia, Flavio F.; Kiehne, Elizabeth; Ayers, Stephanie L. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
Elevated rates of risky behavior among Latino youth have been linked to features of acculturation such as discrepant rates of acculturation between parents and adolescents. This study examined how parent-adolescent mainstream and Mexican cultural gaps are differentially related to adolescent risky behavior through family conflict, parental…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Acculturation, Risk, Parent Child Relationship
Acculturation Process and Distress: Mediating Roles of Sociocultural Adaptation and Acculturative Stress
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Wu, Ellery K. Y.; Mak, Winnie W. S. – Counseling Psychologist, 2012
The present study applied the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to unfold the social cognitive antecedents of acculturation and investigated the effects of acculturation on psychological distress using a longitudinal design. A total of 180 mainland Chinese university students studying in Hong Kong completed three sets of questionnaires every 2…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Acculturation, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
Overweight, Body Image, and Depression in Asian and Hispanic Adolescents
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Xie, Bin; Unger, Jennifer B.; Gallaher, Peggy; Johnson, C. Anderson; Wu, Qiaobing; Chou, Chih-Ping – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2010
Objectives: To prospectively investigate associations between overweight and depressive symptoms in Asian and Hispanic adolescents. Methods: Data included 780 Hispanic and 375 Asian students. Structural equation model was used to prospectively explore moderation effects of gender, ethnicity, and acculturation on associations of overweight, body…
Descriptors: Obesity, Females, Self Concept, Acculturation
Acculturative Family Distancing (AFD) and Depression in Chinese American Families
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Hwang, Wei-Chin; Wood, Jeffrey J.; Fujimoto, Ken – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: Knowledge of acculturative processes and their impact on immigrant families remains quite limited. Acculturative family distancing (AFD) is the distancing that occurs between immigrant parents and their children and is caused by breakdowns in communication and cultural value differences. It is a more proximal and problem-focused…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Structural Equation Models, Conflict
Acculturative Family Distancing: Links with Self-Reported Symptomatology among Asian Americans and Latinos
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Hwang, Wei-Chin; Wood, Jeffrey J. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2009
Objective: Our knowledge of how acculturative processes affect families remains quite limited. This article tests whether acculturative family distancing (AFD) [1], a more proximal and problem-oriented measure of the acculturation gap, influences the mental health status of Asian American and Latino college students. AFD occurs along two…
Descriptors: Intervention, Structural Equation Models, Conflict, Mental Health