TY - JOUR
T1 - Advancing Understanding of Acculturation for Adolescents of Asian Immigrants
T2 - Person-Oriented Analysis of Acculturation Strategy Among Korean American Youth
AU - Choi, Yoonsun
AU - Tan, Kevin Poh Hiong
AU - Yasui, Miwa
AU - Hahm, Hyeouk Chris
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health (Grant No. K01 MH069910), a Seed Grant from the Center for Health Administration Studies, a Junior Faculty Research Fund from the School of Social Service Administration and the Office of Vice President of Research and Argonne Laboratory at the University of Chicago, to the first author.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - Acculturation strategy, a significant predictor of immigrant adaptation, has been under-studied with Asian Americans, in particular, Asian American youth. Using person-oriented latent profile analysis, this study identified acculturation strategies among Korean American early adolescents living in the Midwest. Two-hundred ninety-one families were interviewed in 2007 that included 220 youth (mean age 13, 47.7 % female), along with 272 mothers and 164 fathers (N = 656). They were re-interviewed in 2008 (N = 588). The study found three distinct acculturation strategies: separation (11.8 %, n = 26), integrated bicultural (66.9 %, n = 150), and modest bicultural (21.3 %, n = 44). Integrated bicultural youth reported the strongest sense of ethnic identity and the most favorable characteristics, providing empirical support for the benefit of biculturalism. The findings further suggest that separation may not be as detrimental as previously thought, and modest bicultural—biculturalism that is not fully developed—may in fact be less desirable among Korean American youth.
AB - Acculturation strategy, a significant predictor of immigrant adaptation, has been under-studied with Asian Americans, in particular, Asian American youth. Using person-oriented latent profile analysis, this study identified acculturation strategies among Korean American early adolescents living in the Midwest. Two-hundred ninety-one families were interviewed in 2007 that included 220 youth (mean age 13, 47.7 % female), along with 272 mothers and 164 fathers (N = 656). They were re-interviewed in 2008 (N = 588). The study found three distinct acculturation strategies: separation (11.8 %, n = 26), integrated bicultural (66.9 %, n = 150), and modest bicultural (21.3 %, n = 44). Integrated bicultural youth reported the strongest sense of ethnic identity and the most favorable characteristics, providing empirical support for the benefit of biculturalism. The findings further suggest that separation may not be as detrimental as previously thought, and modest bicultural—biculturalism that is not fully developed—may in fact be less desirable among Korean American youth.
KW - Acculturation
KW - Acculturation strategies
KW - Immigrant family
KW - Korean American youth
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U2 - 10.1007/s10964-016-0496-0
DO - 10.1007/s10964-016-0496-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 27146143
AN - SCOPUS:84965071642
SN - 0047-2891
VL - 45
SP - 1380
EP - 1395
JO - Journal of youth and adolescence
JF - Journal of youth and adolescence
IS - 7
ER -