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Schachner, Maja K.; Van de Vijver, Fons J. R.; Noack, Peter – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
Navigating between cultures in addition to developmental changes and challenges in early adolescence can be difficult. We investigated school, family, and ethnic group as conditions for acculturation and school adjustment among early-adolescent boys and girls. Analyses were based on 860 mostly second- and third-generation immigrant students from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acculturation, Student Adjustment, Early Adolescents
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Gfellner, Barbara M.; Armstrong, Helen D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2013
This study supported associations between three theoretically driven conceptualizations of racial and ethnic identity (REI; Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure; Multidimensional Racial Identity Measure; Bicultural Identity Measure) and with adaptive functioning among Canadian indigenous adolescents in middle school to high school. Age differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Identification, Ethnicity, Biculturalism
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Cheung-Blunden, Violet L.; Juang, Linda P. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
Most acculturation research has been conducted in immigrant settings. The present study examined the generalizability of acculturation models and the adaptiveness of acculturation strategies in another bicultural environment--a colonial setting. The sample included 138 girls (M = 13.8 years) and their parents from Hong Kong, a former British…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Family Relationship, Foreign Countries, Generalization
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Stevens, Gonneke W. J. M.; Vollebergh, Wilma A. M.; Pels, Trees V. M.; Crijnen, Alfons A. M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
This study explores the relationship of parenting to internalizing and externalizing problems in Moroccan immigrant youth in the Netherlands. Interviews were conducted with 713 Moroccan immigrant parents, using the Child Behavior Checklist and the Nijmegen Rearing Questionnaire. Child rearing varied with socioeconomic status and psychological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Needs, Child Behavior, Child Rearing
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Atzaba-Poria, Naama; Pike, Alison; Barrett, Martyn – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
The psychological adjustment of ethnic minority children has received little research attention, particularly in Britain. The present study set out to investigate the adjustment of Indian children living in Britain as well as the adjustment of their English peers. The sample consisted of 125 children (66 Indian and 59 English) between the ages of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students, Acculturation, Minority Group Children
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Sonderegger, Robi; Barrett, Paula M. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2004
In response to appeals for empirical data on culture-specific differences and developmental pathways of acculturative stress among young migrants and refugees, the present study examines the cultural adjustment patterns of ethnically diverse migrants to Australia. Two hundred and seventy three primary and high school students (comprised of…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Acculturation, Foreign Countries, Cultural Background