Immigrant youth in cultural transition : acculturation, identity, and adaptation across national contexts /
edited by John W. Berry [and others].
- xxxi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index.
1. Introduction: Goals and research framework for studying immigrant youth / John W. Berry ... [et al.] -- 2. Design of the study: selecting societies of settlement and immigrant groups / John W. Berry ... [et al.] -- 3. Methodological aspects: studying adolescents in 13 countries / Paul Vedder & Fons J.R. van de Vijver -- 4. The acculturation experience: attitudes, identities and behaviors of immigrant youth / Jean S. Phinney ... [et al.] -- 5. Psychological and sociocultural adaptation of immigrant youth / David L. Sam ... [et al.] -- 6. Predicting immigrant youths' adaptation across countries and ethnocultural groups / Paul Vedder, Fons J.R. van de Vijver & Karmela Liebkind -- 7. Family relationship values of adolescents and parents: intergenerational discrepancies and adaptation / Jean S. Phinney & Paul Vedder -- 8. Vietnamese and Turkish immigrant youth: acculturation and adaptation in two ethnocultural groups / Paul Vedder ... [et al.] -- 9. Understanding immigrant youth: conclusions and implications / Jean S. Phinney ... [et al.] -- Appendix A. Immigrant adolescent questionnaire.
"In this book, an international team of psychologists with interests in acculturation, identity, and development describe the experience and adaptation of immigrant youth, using data from over 7,000 immigrant youth from diverse cultural backgrounds living in 13 countries of settlement. Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition explores the way in which immigrant adolescents carry out their lives at the intersection of two cultures (those of their heritage group and the national society), and how well these youth are adapting to their intercultural experience. Four distinct patterns are followed by youth during their acculturation:*an integration pattern, in which youth orient themselves to, and identify with both cultures;*an ethnic pattern, in which youth are oriented mainly to their own group;*a national pattern, in which youth look primarily to the national society; and*a diffuse pattern, in which youth are uncertain and confused about how to live interculturally.The study shows the variation in both the psychological adaptation and the sociocultural adaptation among youth, with most adapting well. This book is useful for professionals, researchers, graduate students, and public policy makers who have an interest in psychology, anthropology, sociology, demography, education, and psychiatry. It is also a valuable resource for public, governmental, and university libraries."--Publisher description.