TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavioral and Academic Adjustment of Remotely Acculturating Adolescents in Urban Jamaica
AU - Ferguson, Gail M.
AU - Dimitrova, Radosveta
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - Remote acculturation (RA) is a modern form of non-migrant acculturation toward distant cultures prompted by indirect/intermittent globalization-related cultural exposure. RA theory holds that not only are global cultures now pouring into local neighborhoods, but many youth are also internalizing these remote cultures. How well do they fare? Prior studies in Jamaica and elsewhere have reported that U.S./Western-oriented adolescents exhibit poorer health habits. However, no studies have yet investigated adolescents’ behavioral or academic adjustment in the context of RA, whether in Jamaica or elsewhere. Therefore, 245 adolescents and their mothers from high schools in Kingston, Jamaica (Madolescent_age= 13.3; Mmother_age = 40.2) completed questionnaires assessing their RA in terms of behaviors and values, as well as the adolescents’ behavioral resilience and grades. SEM analyses revealed that RA was, indeed, linked to adolescent behavioral and academic adjustment in Jamaica. Overall, Jamaican orientation was associated with better adaptation whereas European American orientation was associated with worse.
AB - Remote acculturation (RA) is a modern form of non-migrant acculturation toward distant cultures prompted by indirect/intermittent globalization-related cultural exposure. RA theory holds that not only are global cultures now pouring into local neighborhoods, but many youth are also internalizing these remote cultures. How well do they fare? Prior studies in Jamaica and elsewhere have reported that U.S./Western-oriented adolescents exhibit poorer health habits. However, no studies have yet investigated adolescents’ behavioral or academic adjustment in the context of RA, whether in Jamaica or elsewhere. Therefore, 245 adolescents and their mothers from high schools in Kingston, Jamaica (Madolescent_age= 13.3; Mmother_age = 40.2) completed questionnaires assessing their RA in terms of behaviors and values, as well as the adolescents’ behavioral resilience and grades. SEM analyses revealed that RA was, indeed, linked to adolescent behavioral and academic adjustment in Jamaica. Overall, Jamaican orientation was associated with better adaptation whereas European American orientation was associated with worse.
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U2 - 10.1002/cad.20278
DO - 10.1002/cad.20278
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30891926
AN - SCOPUS:85062955956
SN - 1520-3247
VL - 2019
SP - 27
EP - 47
JO - New directions for child and adolescent development
JF - New directions for child and adolescent development
IS - 164
ER -