Acculturation Attitudes and Social Adjustment in British South Asian Children: A Longitudinal Study
Loading...
Date
2013
Authors
Brown, Rupert
Baysu, Gülseli
Cameron, Lindsey
Nigbur, Dennis
Rutland, Adam
Watters, Charles
Hossain, Rosa
LeTouze, Dominique
Landau, Anick
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Sage Publications Inc
Open Access Color
OpenAIRE Downloads
OpenAIRE Views
Abstract
A 1-year longitudinal study with three testing points was conducted with 215 British Asian children aged 5 to 11 years to test hypotheses from Berry's acculturation framework. Using age-appropriate measures of acculturation attitudes and psychosocial outcomes it was found that (a) children generally favored an integrationist attitude and this was more pronounced among older (8-10 years) than in younger (5-7 years) children and (b) temporal changes in social self-esteem and peer acceptance were associated with different acculturation attitudes held initially as shown by latent growth curve analyses. However a supplementary time-lagged regression analysis revealed that children's earlier integrationist attitudes may be associated with more emotional symptoms (based on teachers' ratings) 6 months later. The implications of these different outcomes of children's acculturation attitudes are discussed.
Description
Keywords
Acculturation, Development, Intergroup relations, Well-being
Turkish CoHE Thesis Center URL
Fields of Science
Citation
31
WoS Q
Q1
Scopus Q
Q1
Source
Volume
39
Issue
12
Start Page
1656
End Page
1667