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Is acculturation unidimensional or bidimensional? A head-to-head comparison in the prediction of personality, self-identity, and adjustment.
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Although the unidimensional measure showed a coherent pattern of external correlates, the bidimensional measure revealed independent dimensions corresponding to heritage and mainstream culture identification, which displayed patterns of noninverse correlations with personality, self-identity, and psychosocial adjustment.Abstract:
The unidimensional model of acculturation posits that heritage and mainstream culture identifications have a strong inverse relation, whereas the bidimensional model posits that the 2 identifications are independent. The authors compared these models in 3 samples of ethnic Chinese (ns = 164, 150, and 204), 1 sample of non-Chinese East Asians (n = 70), and one diverse group of acculturating individuals (n = 140). Although the unidimensional measure showed a coherent pattern of external correlates, the bidimensional measure revealed independent dimensions corresponding to heritage and mainstream culture identification. These dimensions displayed patterns of noninverse correlations with personality, self-identity, and psychosocial adjustment. The authors conclude that the bidimensional model is a more valid and useful operationalization of acculturation.read more
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Acculturation: Living successfully in two cultures
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Personality and the Prediction of Consequential Outcomes
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Rethinking the concept of acculturation: implications for theory and research.
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Acculturation and Latino Health in the United States: A Review of the Literature and its Sociopolitical Context
TL;DR: This chapter provides an overview of the concept of accULTuration and reviews existing evidence about the possible relationships between acculturation and selected health and behavioral outcomes among Latinos and concludes with a set of general recommendations in two areas-public health practice and research.
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