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Ursula Hinostroza-Castillo; Ángel Huguet; Judit Janés; Cecilio Lapresta-Rey – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
Located in the province of Lleida (Catalonia, Spain), this study aims to identify and analyze the predictors of linguistic acculturation preferences of autochthonous high-school students toward their peers of Latin American descent. Autochthonous high-school students (N = 349) filled a questionnaire measuring linguistic acculturation and a series…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Acculturation, Preferences
Lundeen, Lindsay Adams – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The international student population is a vital part of higher education in the United States (U.S.), grossing over one million individuals enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions within the 2019-2020 academic year alone (U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs [ECA], 2020). However, studies on collegiate mental…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Suicide, College Students, Mental Health
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Wei, Xiaobao; Xu, Qingyi – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
This study takes the initiative to use structural equation modeling to verify an integrated willingness to communicate in an L2 (L2 WTC) model proposed from the socio-psychological perspective in the China's English as a second language context. A total of 1007 college freshmen (Male: n = 745; Female: n = 262) from eight universities in mainland…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Concept
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Lapresta-Rey, Cecilio; Huguet, Ángel; Petreñas, Cristina; Ianos, Adelina – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
Located in Catalonia (Spain), and based on the Acculturation Theory applied to the field of linguistics, the objectives of this article are: (i) to detect and study the linguistic acculturation strategies of young people; (ii) to analyse the effects of origin and linguistic acculturation profiles relating to self-identifications with Spain and…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Acculturation, Language Usage, Spanish
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Ozanska-Ponikwia, Katarzyna – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
The present article aims to focus on the perception and expression of emotions by Polish immigrants to England and Ireland. The informants of the study were 72 Polish-English bilinguals living in England and Ireland from 1 to 324 months. Data analysis discussed emotional expression in the L2 as well as perception of such emotional statement as I…
Descriptors: Polish, Socialization, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Interiano Estrada de Shiverdecker, Claudia Gabriela – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine how cultural practices, cultural values, cultural identification, and acculturative stress related to counselor self-efficacy among foreign-born counseling students. A total of 93 foreign-born students currently enrolled in graduate counseling programs in the United States were included in this survey…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Cultural Influences, Cultural Background, Acculturation
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Tchoh, Bennett K.; Mertan, E. Biran – Journal of International Students, 2018
In this study, we explored the relationship between self-construals, self-esteem, social support, and the sociocultural adaptation of African students in Northern Cyprus. Based on the responses received from 112 students from Sub-Saharan Africa studying in Northern Cyprus, the results indicated that only the interdependent self-construal and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Self Esteem, Self Concept, Social Support Groups
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Alvarez Valdivia, Ibis M.; Schneider, Barry H.; Carrasco, Cecilia Villalobos – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2016
The purpose of this study was to determine the links between school adjustment, friendship, and identification with both the cultures of origin and with the host culture. Our overriding hypothesis was that integration in Berry's terms, that is, simultaneous identification with both the culture of origin and the majority Spanish/Catalan culture,…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Immigrants, Friendship, Predictor Variables
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Ojeda, Lizette; Edwards, Lisa M.; Hardin, Erin E.; Piña-Watson, Brandy – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2014
We examined the role of behavioral (acculturation and enculturation) and cognitive cultural orientation (independent and interdependent self-construal) on Mexican American college students' life satisfaction. Analyses explained 28% of the variance in life satisfaction, with social class, grade point average, and independent self-construal being…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Cultural Background, Self Concept, Life Satisfaction
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Nassar-McMillan, Sylvia C.; Lambert, Richard G.; Hakim-Larson, Julie – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2011
The authors examined discrimination history, backlash fear, and ethnic identity of Arab Americans nationally at 3 times, beginning shortly after September 11, 2001. Relations between variables were moderate, and discrimination history and backlash fear were statistically significant predictors of ethnic identity. Implications for acculturation and…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Arabs, Fear, Racial Bias
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Li, Jia Qi; Liu, Xun; Wei, Tianlan; Lan, William – Journal of International Students, 2013
In this study, the authors examined the relationships of acculturation as measured with two subscales of cultural maintenance and cultural assimilation, Internet use, and psychological well-being among Chinese international students. A total of 170 Chinese international students participated in this study. Bivariate correlation analyses revealed…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Internet, Asians, Foreign Students
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Ojeda, Lizette; Pina-Watson, Brandy; Castillo, Linda G.; Castillo, Rosalinda; Khan, Noshaba; Leigh, Jennifer – Journal of Career Development, 2012
This study examined the role of culture and personality on the career decision self-efficacy of 338 Latino seventh-grade public middle school students. Specifically, we examined the role of acculturation, enculturation, ethnic identity, and conscientiousness on career decision self-efficacy. Findings indicated Latina girls were more acculturated…
Descriptors: College Students, Ethnicity, Females, Self Efficacy
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Tong, Virginia M. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2014
The acculturation of Chinese immigrant high school students was examined as it relates to students' level of interaction with teachers and peers and participation in American school activities. Findings from a regression analysis revealed five variables (sociocultural adaptation strategies) that facilitate students' adjustment process:…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Chinese Americans, High School Students, School Activities
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White, Rachel; Renk, Kimberly – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
Given the ramifications of difficulties related to externalizing behavior problems, the present study examined the relationships among adolescents' externalizing behavior problems, characteristics of adolescents' families, their perceived neighborhood support, and their acculturation. As part of this study, a culturally diverse sample of…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Behavior Problems, Adolescents, Family Characteristics
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Dorjee, Tenzin; Giles, Howard; Barker, Valerie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2011
Diasporic communities around the world regularly encounter challenges of preserving their identities and communication practices while adapting to their host social-cultural environment. Grounded in communication accommodation theory (CAT) and informed by recent research on deviance, this study investigated the relationships between Tibetan…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context, Linguistic Theory
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