Sentences with phrase «process of acculturation»

Given that interethnic marriages are usually considered to be an important step in the process of acculturation (Bogardus, 1928), the present research highlights that, at least in The Netherlands, especially young Turks are reluctant to engage in such a step.

She acknowledges and provides special attention to the process of acculturation and assimilation by enhancing necessary skills to adapt while maintaining pride of cultural values.

Acculturation theory states that moving to live in a country with a culture different to one's own involves a process of acculturation.

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For example, one could use mobile phone call records to assess the acculturation processes of different communities.

Part of the process of human acculturation is an unconscious collusion to remain blind to the most obviously observable phenomenon, if it lies outside the realm of how we always do things.

The position taken is that active participation in formal education is itself an important part of the acculturation process, requiring the building of a cluster of formal schemata having to do with learning in a specific setting.

Life and family events premigration and postmigration have been found to have a profound effect on the health and well - being of immigrant children.1, 2 Risk factors include trauma, separation from parents, nonvoluntary migration, obstacles in the acculturation process, 3 and children who immigrate in their mid - or late teens.1, 4 Research also shows that parents who have experienced or witnessed violence have poorer mental health, 2,5 which is likely to affect parent — child attachment and negatively impact child development and mental health.5 Transitioning to a new country may be beneficial for both parents and children, but it may render new and unexpected constraints in the parent — child relationship (eg, children tend to acculturate to the new country faster than their parents), cause disharmony and power conflicts, 6 — 8 and, subsequently, affect the child's mental health.9

The process of non-voluntary immigration, transitioning and acculturating to a new country may have a negative impact on the mental health of immigrants.1 — 3 Postmigration factors (eg, stress, lack of social capital, social isolation and loss of social network) as well as acculturation problems and experiences of discrimination in the host country affect the mental health of the parents and the children.4 5 Moreover, immigrant parents face challenges concerning their role and responsibilities as parents while adjusting to the host country, all of which tend to create stress in parenting.1 3 6 The mental health problems of parents have been reported to be a risk factor for children's behavioural problems and may negatively affect the parent — child attachment and their relationship.7 8 Studies have also shown that parents with mental health problems have a low perceived sense of competence in parenting and may lack the ability to employ positive parenting practises.9 10

Acculturation is often perceived as the process of immigrants adjusting to the culture of their host society, which differs from the one into which they were born and raised (Lopez - Class, Castro, & Ramirez, 2011; Robinson, 2010; Ward & Kus, 2012) and research in this area tends to focus on immigrants who transfer from one geographical location to another.

The program also acknowledges that there is a cognitive process guiding the emotional component of acculturation.

Acculturation is the process of adopting cultural traits or social patterns of another group in a new environment.

Acculturation can be defined as a mutual process of cultural change resulting from continuous contact between two cultural groups [48], [49].

A Qualitative Study of Maternal Perceptions of Acculturation Processes at the Onset of Child Schooling

Prevention efforts have identified a number of within - group contextual factors involved in the etiology of substance use among Latino youth including family socioeconomic status, nativity status, acculturation processes, acculturation stress, and structural barriers.

The aims of the project are to (1) develop a culturally specific parent training intervention for Latino families with youngsters at risk for substance use and related problems, (2) evaluate implementation feasibility and initial efficacy of the intervention in a pilot study, (3) develop and refine measurement methods for assessing Latino individual family processes, and (4) test an integrative theoretical model that hypothesizes how social and acculturation contexts, family stress processes, and parenting practices are linked to predict Latino youngster adjustment.

[jounal] Kosic, A. / 2004 / Acculturation strategies, coping process, and acculturative stress / Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 45: 269 ~ 278

Because differences in relationship quality were found independently of SES, acculturation might influence these family processes (Hsin et al., 2010).