- Series Information
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Acculturation and Health: State of the Field and Recommended Directions
- Theories and Models of Acculturation
- Biculturalism: Negotiating Multiple Cultural Streams
- Acculturation, Vitality, and Bilingual Healthcare
- Acculturation Research Critiques and Alternative Research Designs
- Acculturation Measurement: From Simple Proxies to Sophisticated Toolkit
- Acculturative Stress and Bicultural Stress: Psychological Measurement and Mental Health
- Redefining the Contexts of Acculturation Related Stress Among Latino Adults
- Theory and Measurement of Foreigner Objectification
- Remote Acculturation: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Implications for Health Outcomes
- Methodological Considerations for Comparative Research on Acculturation and Health
- Latino and Asian Immigrant Adult Health: Paradoxes and Explanations
- Growing up in the U.S. Inner City: Exploring the Adolescent Development and Acculturation of Urban Suicidal Latinas
- Acculturation and Alcohol Use: The Role of Environmental Contexts
- Acculturation and Alcohol Use Among Hispanic and Asian American College Students: What Do We Know and Where Could We Go?
- Acculturation and Tobacco/Illicit Drug Use in Hispanic Youth
- Acculturation and Risky Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults from Immigrant Families
- Acculturation and Violence in Minority Adolescents
- Acculturation and Physical Activity Among Latinos
- Developing a Theoretical Framework for Studies on Acculturation and Chronic Disease
- Depression Fotonovela: Integrating Cultural Factors and Entertainment-Education to Improve Depression Literacy in the Latino Community
- Cultural Adaptation of Preventive Interventions in Hispanic Youth
- Systems Contexts for Designing Culturally Adapted Prevention Interventions
- Promoting Biculturalism in Order to Prevent Behavioral and Mental Health Problems in Immigrant Families
- Future Directions for Research on Acculturation and Health
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter reviews the core meanings of the process of acculturation and its consequences for groups and individuals. At the cultural group level, acculturation involves changes in social structures and institutions and in cultural norms. At the individual psychological level, it involves changes in people’s behavioral repertoires and their eventual adaptation to these intercultural encounters. Three key issues are examined: how people choose to acculturate, how well they adapt to intercultural living, and whether there are any systematic relationships between how people acculturate and how well they adapt. The most common finding is that pursuing the integration strategy is related to higher levels of well-being. This chapter attends in particular to the health outcomes of acculturation, and seeks to outline the key features of this process that may permit the achievement of positive health and social outcomes following intercultural contact.
Keywords: acculturation, acculturative stress, adaptation, integration, assimilation, separation, marginalization, cultural maintenance, intercultural contact, multiculturalism
Research Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Series Information
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Acculturation and Health: State of the Field and Recommended Directions
- Theories and Models of Acculturation
- Biculturalism: Negotiating Multiple Cultural Streams
- Acculturation, Vitality, and Bilingual Healthcare
- Acculturation Research Critiques and Alternative Research Designs
- Acculturation Measurement: From Simple Proxies to Sophisticated Toolkit
- Acculturative Stress and Bicultural Stress: Psychological Measurement and Mental Health
- Redefining the Contexts of Acculturation Related Stress Among Latino Adults
- Theory and Measurement of Foreigner Objectification
- Remote Acculturation: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Implications for Health Outcomes
- Methodological Considerations for Comparative Research on Acculturation and Health
- Latino and Asian Immigrant Adult Health: Paradoxes and Explanations
- Growing up in the U.S. Inner City: Exploring the Adolescent Development and Acculturation of Urban Suicidal Latinas
- Acculturation and Alcohol Use: The Role of Environmental Contexts
- Acculturation and Alcohol Use Among Hispanic and Asian American College Students: What Do We Know and Where Could We Go?
- Acculturation and Tobacco/Illicit Drug Use in Hispanic Youth
- Acculturation and Risky Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults from Immigrant Families
- Acculturation and Violence in Minority Adolescents
- Acculturation and Physical Activity Among Latinos
- Developing a Theoretical Framework for Studies on Acculturation and Chronic Disease
- Depression Fotonovela: Integrating Cultural Factors and Entertainment-Education to Improve Depression Literacy in the Latino Community
- Cultural Adaptation of Preventive Interventions in Hispanic Youth
- Systems Contexts for Designing Culturally Adapted Prevention Interventions
- Promoting Biculturalism in Order to Prevent Behavioral and Mental Health Problems in Immigrant Families
- Future Directions for Research on Acculturation and Health
- Index
