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1060 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
Acculturation symposium 2: Contexts of adaptation
Convener and Chair: F. Rudmin, Norway
Co-convener: U. Kim, Korea
1060.1 Acculturation in families: Acculturation gaps between children and parents, D. Birman,
J. Trickett, J. Ho, I. Persky, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
“Acculturative gaps” refer to differences in acculturation between parents and children, and are
thought to contribute to difficulties for immigrants and refugees. However little empirical
literature has documented the nature of such gaps, or their implications for family adjustment.
Further, many of the problems in measurement of acculturation more generally are reflected in this
literature on acculturation gaps, making it difficult to understand the nature of the phenomenon
and its implications. This paper will illustrate these issues with data collected from parents and
adolescents from former Soviet (N=130) and Vietnamese (N=120) refugee families resettled in the
U.S.
1060.2 Ethnic group adaptation and individual resilience in relation to acculturation specific
stress, B. Oppedal 1 , E. Røysamb 1 , S. Heyerdahl 2 , 1 Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo,
Norway; 2 Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Oslo, Norway
We will present findings on variation in resilience and vulnerability among immigrant adolescents
who are at high risk of mental health problems as they report high level of both perceived
discrimination and ethnic identity crisis. Resilience is conceptualized as high risk youth reporting
low level of psychiatric problems, whereas vulnerable youth report high risk and high level of
symptoms. The study is based on questionnaire data from the Oslo Health Study 2001-2002
among all 10th graders in Oslo. 1779 students had two immigrant parents. 362 students from
Turkey, India, Somalia, and Vietnam are the sample frame of our study.
1060.3 “USAian” acculturation in Brazil, J. Ciancio 1 , B. Tróccoli 2 , 1 Universidade de Brasília,
Brasília, DF, Brasil; 2 University of Brasilia, Brazil
The acculturation of “United Statesians” in Brazil is considered to be directly caused by attitudes
towards Brazilian language and culture, adaptation to Brazilian culture, and life-style. A structural
equation model (SEM) analysis reveals an excellent fit of the model to the data obtained from the
responses of 93 United States residents living in Brazil (P2 = 1.44; P=0.49; GFI =0.99; CFI = 1.0;
RMSEA = 0.0). These results correspond to the theories of acculturation and second language
acquisition proposed by Schumann (1976) and Brown (1980), and the theory of motivation
proposed by Gardner & Lambert (1972).
1060.4 The adaptation of mainland Chinese postgraduate students to the University of Hong
Kong, M. Zeng, D. Watkins, University of Hong Kong, China
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