TY - JOUR
T1 - "Ayiti Cheri"
T2 - Cultural Orientation of Early Adolescents in Rural Haiti
AU - Ferguson, Gail M.
AU - Desir, Charlene
AU - Bornstein, Marc H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by Mellon Foundation funds awarded by Knox College and by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, NICHD. We thank Blondel Joseph for language translation and practical assistance with data collection in Haiti, and Aparna Kumar and Joyce Lee for data entry assistance. Most importantly, we thank the participating adolescents for their generosity.
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Adolescents are an emerging population in Haiti, particularly after the deadly 2010 earthquake. The steady penetration of U.S. culture into this poor, disaster-prone country begs the question, Do today's adolescents possess a similar fondness for their home country, culture, and traditional family values as did Haitians of old? Or are they more oriented toward U.S. culture? Early adolescents (N = 105, 52% female, M = 12.87 years, SD = .86) in rural Haiti reported their cultural orientation toward Haitian culture and U.S. culture as well as their family obligations beliefs. Findings revealed high Haitian orientation, very high family obligations (boys especially), and very low U.S. orientation, although adolescents who interacted more frequently with U.S. tourists and those who consumed more U.S. fast food had higher U.S. culture orientation. Despite severe challenges, rural Haitian early adolescents demonstrate remarkable allegiance to their home country, culture, and traditional family values.
AB - Adolescents are an emerging population in Haiti, particularly after the deadly 2010 earthquake. The steady penetration of U.S. culture into this poor, disaster-prone country begs the question, Do today's adolescents possess a similar fondness for their home country, culture, and traditional family values as did Haitians of old? Or are they more oriented toward U.S. culture? Early adolescents (N = 105, 52% female, M = 12.87 years, SD = .86) in rural Haiti reported their cultural orientation toward Haitian culture and U.S. culture as well as their family obligations beliefs. Findings revealed high Haitian orientation, very high family obligations (boys especially), and very low U.S. orientation, although adolescents who interacted more frequently with U.S. tourists and those who consumed more U.S. fast food had higher U.S. culture orientation. Despite severe challenges, rural Haitian early adolescents demonstrate remarkable allegiance to their home country, culture, and traditional family values.
KW - Caribbean
KW - cultural maintenance
KW - family obligations
KW - globalization
KW - remote acculturation
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U2 - 10.1177/0272431613503214
DO - 10.1177/0272431613503214
M3 - Article
C2 - 30262968
AN - SCOPUS:84900488328
SN - 0272-4316
VL - 34
SP - 621
EP - 637
JO - Journal of Early Adolescence
JF - Journal of Early Adolescence
IS - 5
ER -