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Acculturation literature has evolved over the past several decades and has highlighted the dynamic ways in which individuals negotiate experiences in multiple cultural contexts. The present study extends this literature by testing M. J. Miller and R. H. Lim's (2010) domain-specific acculturation strategy hypothesis—that individuals might use differ...
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... with Berry's (1979,2003) acculturation theory, assimilated, separated, bicultural, and marginalized strategies emerged when a four-cluster solution was imposed on the behavioral and values data (see Figures 1 and 2 and Table 1). The majority of Step 1 participants (72.2%) used different behavioral and values acculturation strategies-a finding that provides initial support for the domain-specific acculturation strategy hypothesis (see Table 2). ...Context 2
... to Step 1 findings, Berry's (1979,2003) four acculturation strategies emerged when we imposed a four-cluster k-means solution to the behavioral and values data (see Figures 1 and 2 and Table 1). Overall, approximately 67% of the participants used different behavioral and values acculturation strategies (see Table 2)-a finding that validates Step 1 results and provides further support for the domain-specific acculturation strategy hypothesis. ...Context 3
... with findings in Steps 1 and 2, Berry's (1979,2003) four acculturation strategies emerged when we imposed a four-cluster k-means solution to the data (see Figures 1 and 2 and Table 2). As in Studies 1 and 2, the majority of participants (67%) used different acculturation strategies across behavioral and values domains (see Table 2), a finding that provides further support for the domainspecific acculturation strategy hypothesis. ...Similar publications
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... Heritage-cultural identity also influenced the relationship between acculturative stress and mental health among immigrant minority youth. Among Asian-orign youth in the United States, lower heritage-culture identification was associated with reduced capacity to cope with acculturative stress (Miller et al., 2013;Nair, 2017;Tummala-Narra et al., 2016). Similarly, Piña-Watson et al. (2013) found that greater heritage-cultural identification was protective of psychological wellbeing when acculturative stress was high among Mexican-youth. ...
... Social support was identified as a factor that influenced acculturative stress and its relationship to psychological wellbeing and psychological distress among immigrant youth in Hong Kong/China, South Korea and the United States (Bhowmik, 2021;Miller et al., 2013;Shin et al., 2021;Tummala-Narra et al., 2016;Wagaman et al., 2022). Menon and Harter (2012) identified social support as being protective against the effects of acculturative stress on eating pathology in LatinX-youth by being able to lower bodyimage disturbance in the presence of high levels of acculturative stress. ...
... immigrant students, as well as their bicultural integration (Leffler, 2015;Nair, 2017;Piña-Watson et al., 2013;Stuart & Ward, 2018). Additional acculturation challenges that were found to mediate the relationship between acculturative stress and common mental health problems in immigrant youth included; maintaining bicultural communication skills, cultural incongruity with settlement culture and cultural competency for the settlement country (Bhowmik, 2021;Cano et al., 2014;Jankowski et al., 2020;Miller et al., 2013). Policies supporting youth in education and community settings, should consider the value of bilingual communication skills and support multilingual language development, alleviate deficits in cultural competency for the settlement culture, especially in groups of recently settled immigrant youth, and where there is evidence of cultural incongruity (Castillo et al., 2015a(Castillo et al., , 2015bKatsiaficas et al., 2013;Miller et al., 2013). ...
Acculturation after settlement has been identified as a risk factor affecting the mental health of immigrant youth. Increasing rates of immigration and expanding populations of immigrant youth mean that addressing their mental is a priority. Acculturative stress is the stress-response resulting from the effects of multiple stressors that result from the need to acculturate. Among youth within the developmental stages of late adolescence and emerging adulthood, increased sensitivity to stress, and developmental demands, impact their mental health. The effects of acculturative stress place an additional burden on the mental health of immigrant youth. This scoping review examined existing literature that investigated a variety of relationships between acculturative stress and youth mental health. A comprehensive search strategy that focused on studies involving youth, mainly aged between 15-24, with a proximal history of international migration, published between 2012-2022, resulted in a collection of fifty-three studies. This review examined significant relationships between acculturative stress and major depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, substance misuse, behavioural problems and poor psychological wellbeing. This scoping review was truly explorative as it included youth from immigrant minorities, had no geographical limits, and included various study designs. Acculturative stress continues to be an important contributor to the mental health of youth who have a proximal history of international migration. This review provided an exploration of the state of research, identified the importance of the settlement context, and provided recommendations for the direction of future studies, supportive policies, and practice considerations, related to the mental health of immigrant youth.
... Some researchers have suggested that acculturation attitudes are likely to differ across public domains (such as work) and private domains (such as family) (see, for example, Arends-Tóth and van de Vijver 2007; Van de Vijver, Berry, and Celenk 2016). Other researchers consider acculturation a multifaceted construct that may occur differently in different domains such as language and communication, politics, work, daily living habits, family relations, social life, religion, and ways of thinking (Miller et al. 2013;Navas et al. 2005). In addition, there have been a number of methodological and measurement critiques of the Berry framework. ...
Much opposition to migration centers on worries that migrants are too culturally and socially different from the host population, that they will fail to integrate, or that they will change the demographics and culture of a destination society too dramatically. In both public and academic discourse, there is a tendency to assume that the “problem” of sociocultural integration is one of “cultural distance,” understood as an objective and measurable fact, and hence that the “solution” is to reduce cultural distance. This paper offers an alternative
diagnosis and prescription. Whether an immigrant group is perceived as culturally close or culturally distant is not a product of objective differences. Rather, such perceptions arise out of complex boundary-making processes in which certain points of commonality and difference are highlighted while other points of
similarity and difference are ignored or denied. These boundary-making processes are historically contingent, institutionally mediated, and politically constructed in ways that open up paths for certain immigrant groups while putting up barriers to others. The paper also argues that insofar as there are cultural
differences, they are not always a “problem” for integration; successful integration does not require cultural assimilation or cultural convergence. There are a wide range of models of integration that involve various forms and combinations of cultural maintenance, cultural adaptation, and cultural convergence. The paper concludes by discussing a few strategies for improving migrant integration, including interpersonal interventions aimed at changing the attitudes and beliefs of members of destination societies, recasting national narratives to be more inclusive, and promoting policies or programs to enhance migrant minorities’
ability to exercise political agency and voice.
... Building on existing acculturation work, Miller et al. (2013) explained that acculturation is a multidimensional process. His research team found Asian American college students use different acculturation strategies (e.g., separated, assimilated) in different contexts. ...
... His research team found Asian American college students use different acculturation strategies (e.g., separated, assimilated) in different contexts. Miller et al. (2013) suggested that more studies are needed to extend acculturation research to contextual (e.g., geographic location, community cultural climates) and individual (e.g., demographic backgrounds, personal characteristics) factors. From this perspective, further studies are needed to explore practicum training domain specific acculturation strategies with consideration of contextual and individual factors (e.g., adaptive traits, social supports, contextual barriers). ...
... Apart from challenging experiences, our findings contribute to the understanding of context specific protective factors and acculturation strategies in multidimensional aspects that international counseling trainees may use to navigate cross-cultural challenges, as highlighted in previous literature (A. Lee, 2018;Miller et al., 2013). Most participants in our sample stated that they had experienced support from various resources during their clinical training. ...
Despite the call to internationalize counseling psychology and calls for improved mentoring to Asian international students enrolled in counseling psychology training programs, there is a dearth of literature to help trainers understand this population’s clinical training experiences. The present study explored the practicum experiences of Asian international students ( N = 10) in counseling psychology programs using the consensual qualitative research method. Data analysis yielded five domains: Learning Outcomes, Challenges, Resources, Behavioral Strategies, and Suggestions. Participants described how they navigated their cross-cultural practicum training in the face of unique challenges and how they adapted, as well as relied on support systems. As our participants reflected on their cross-cultural clinical training experiences, they shared the lessons they learned and provided suggestions for current and future international students, supervisors, and programs. Scholarly and practical implications for this population are discussed.
... Acculturation orientations are likely to vary between life domains (Birman, Simon, Chan, & Tran, 2014;Miller et al., 2013). Cross-cultural psychologists have distinguished between acculturation orientations in the more personal, socialemotional private life domain (e.g., family or religious community), and the more visible, functional public life domain (e.g., school or workplace; Arends-T oth & van de Vijver, 2006). ...
... As with perceived acculturation expectations, we selected eight items that comprised participants' acculturation orientations at home (private life domain) and in school (public life domain). The scale tapped into behavioral domains of acculturation (Miller et al., 2013), including individual preferences for customs and traditions, language use, and contact with heritage and mainstream culture members. It consisted of four subscales: For the private life domain, the scale included two items for heritage orientation at home ("I like the way families live in my other country" and "I like how parents from my other country treat their children"), and two items for mainstream orientation at home (mirrored from heritage orientation at home; e.g., "I like the way families live in Germany"). ...
... First, it is one of the first longitudinal studies to combine the notions of domain-specific and gendered acculturation orientations among early adolescent girls and boys. This study supports that domain specificity is a highly important aspect of acculturation, providing a more holistic understanding of basic acculturation processes (Arends-T oth & van de Vijver, 2006;Miller et al., 2013). Yet, different developmental contexts hold different demands depending on gender or age. ...
We examined how perceived acculturation expectations from parents and school, and ethnic discrimination predicted early adolescents' heritage and mainstream acculturation orientations at home (private domain) and in school (public domain) one year later. We surveyed 263 early adolescents of immigrant background in Germany (M age = 10.44 years, 60% female). Multi-group path analyses revealed that perceived acculturation expectations and ethnic discrimination were more strongly related to adolescents' private than public acculturation orientations. Parental heritage expectations were the strongest predictor of adolescents' acculturation orientations. Boys were more susceptible than girls to ethnic discrimination and acculturation expectations in school, which affected their private and public acculturation orientations. Results highlight the importance of integrating domain-specific and gendered experiences when analyzing adolescents' acculturative development.
... The results indicated a general inclination for assimilation and integration in peripheral life domains both for natives and immigrants; while in the central domains native perceived separation both for the Romanians and Ecuadorians, whose choices, conversely, varied between integration and separation. In this literature framework, Miller and colleagues [16] recently tested Miller and Lim's domainspecific acculturation strategy hypothesis [17]. It affirms that individuals might use different acculturation strategies (i.e., assimilated, bicultural, separated, and marginalized) across behavioural and value domains. ...
Background
Acculturation process has taken up a relevant place in cross-cultural psychology by demonstrating the strong relationships between cultural context and individual behavioral development.
Aim
The purpose of this study is to analyse acculturation strategies and attitudes in different life domains of native and immigrant adults living in Italy, following the Relative Acculturation Extended Model (RAEM).
Methods
The participants were 250 Italian native and 100 immigrant adults who completed a questionnaire with items to measure their acculturation strategies (real plane) and attitudes (ideal plane), in general and related to different life domains (peripheral and central).
Results
Results revealed that the acculturation attitude of immigrants is integration, whereas Italians prefer their assimilation.
Conclusion
However, when different life domains are taken into account, immigrants claim to put in practice and prefer integration in most of the domains, whereas Italians perceive immigrants are separated but they prefer their assimilation or integration, depending on the specific domain.
... In conclusion, Miller noted that a multidimensional bilinear model of acculturation and enculturation proved to be the best model to represent Asian Americans' adaptation experiences. This study was replicated a few years later with another sample of Asian Americans and the results were consistent (Miller et al., 2013). It would be interesting and valuable to have these studies replicated with other racial minority groups to see whether a multidimensional bilinear model would prove to be most valid for these populations. ...
... Other studies in the literature (e.g., Alamilla et al., 2010;Alamilla et al., 2014;Dinh et al., 2013;Kim & Park, 2011;Kim et al., 2012;Lorenzo-Blanco et al., 2012) point to the importance of broader social factors (e.g., perceived racism, family processes, social networks) on the relationship between acculturation/enculturation and mental health. Also noteworthy is work that highlights the variability in results as a function of acculturation dimensions used (e.g., Alamilla et al., in press;Alamilla et al., 2010;Kim & Omizo, 2005;Miller et al., 2013;Omizo et al., 2008;Schwartz et al., 2012). Important conceptual and methodological limitations are noteworthy. ...
Select, critical review of acculturation psychology research in U.S.
... The LCA identified five classes of acculturation: less acculturated children (mainly first generation, behaviours most often aligned toward Mexican culture), moderately bicultural (mostly first generation but with a longer stay than the previous class in the United States; behaviour reflecting the culture of both the United States and Mexico), strongly bicultural (mostly second generation, they described their behaviour as being like that in both the United States and Mexico), highly acculturated (mostly third generation, they described their behaviour as being like that in the United States) and marginalised children (they had low affinities to both cultures and were distributed more evenly across the ranges of values for the other acculturation indicators). Using cluster analysis to combine behavioural (language and communication, social interactions and daily living habits) and value acculturation domains (belief systems, worldviews and political ideologies), Miller et al. (2013) study confirmed that most of the participants (Asian Americans) used different acculturation options across different domains. ...
... These findings suggest that Berry's four acculturation options may not exist in a given sample and that the option of integration may have multiple subtypes depending on the level of adoption and maintenance. Nevertheless, having obtained different acculturation options considering either general (Nieri et al., 2011;Schwartz & Zamboanga, 2008) or intra-domain (Miller et al., 2013) dimensions of maintenance and adoption, only one variant of biculturalism has been found: that linked to the extent (weakly or strongly) of endorsement of two cultural streams (Schwartz et al., 2016). This work sought to explore the presence of other variants of biculturalism such as those related to the alternation model (LaFromboise et al., 1993). ...
Several variants of biculturalism have recently been proposed (Schwartz, Birman,
Benet-Martínez, & Unger, 2016). Nevertheless, few studies have identified different
types of bicultural individuals, and no one has addressed the possibility that these types
could depend on acculturation domains. By using the Relative Acculturation Extended
Model (RAEM), this study aimed to explore if different variants of biculturalism could
be individuated, and if some of these variants were sensitive to life domains. Four
samples of migrant and host adolescents living in Italy (n = 173 and n =186) and Spain
(n = 139 and n =156) answered a questionnaire about acculturation perceptions and
preferences in central and peripheral life domains. Together with acculturation options
consistent with Berry’s (1997) model (full-assimilation, full-separation, and fullmarginalisation),
some variants of biculturalism emerged from the Latent Class
Analysis: full-high and full-low integration, which were not sensitive to life domains;
and ‘alternate’ acculturation options that were sensitive to life domains, with
participants switching from their original culture to the host culture according to the
peripheral and central domains. Acculturation options varied across the four samples,
with Italians switching more from one culture to another, and Spanish adolescents being
more full-high or full-low integrated.
... Scholars such as Berry (1997) have identified different acculturation strategies, including assimilation, integration, separation, and marginalization (e.g., Birman 1994;LaFromboise et al. 1993). With only a few exceptions (e.g., Miller et al. 2013), however, scholarship excludes Asian Americans. Yet since the Hart-Celler Act of 1965, Asian Americans have been the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, surpassing Hispanics in the total number of immigrants in 2014 (Pew Research Center 2015). ...
... Assimilation is considered less adaptive, particularly for racial-ethnic immigrants and minorities, because minority children who primarily acculturate to the host culture may suffer from negative experiences of racial-ethnic discrimination and structural inequality because they are likely less prepared to defend themselves and may feel betrayed by the group they felt they belonged to (Chae et al. 2012;Park et al. 2013). That said, assimilation strategy is beneficial in some aspects, such as help-seeking behaviors (Miller et al. 2013). Separation, on the other hand, may impede successful integration into the host society and perpetuate social and cultural isolation, thus increasing adaptive stress (Berry et al. 1987). ...
... A handful of empirical studies with Asian American youth have indicated both support and a slight deviation from Berry's model. For example, Miller et al. (2013) used three independent samples of aggregated Asian college students and identified all four types of Berry's strategies. But because they used the mean of the indicators, the four-group model was somewhat imposed on the data. ...
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.
... Because acculturation strategies may change over time due to accumulated experiences, Miller et al. (2013) mentioned that individuals who may be categorized in the separation strategy group might shift to use a different strategy, for example the integration strategy or assimilation strategy. Perhaps this shift is a potential goal for many immigrants as studies proposed that individuals using these strategies are more likely to experience positive qualities and benefits to their experiences (Chen, Benet-Martinez, & Bond, 2008;David, Okazaki, & Saw, 2009;Nwadiora & McAdoo, 1996;Yeh, 2003 This is only a smaller part of a bigger problem, and as clinicians, being cognizant of these factors can only benefit the client in our therapeutic rapport and relationship. ...
Research suggests many forms of acculturation stress and difficulties experienced by Asian
immigrants, including language barriers, susceptibility to mental illness, academic and
occupational pressures, and shifts in sense of identity. Using a literature review and a sample
grant proposal, this thesis explores the potential therapeutic benefits of art therapy with this
population. More specifically, a proposed intervention intends to provide therapeutic
benefits based on converging interdisciplinary research and this author’s personal art-making
process. This intervention incorporates an online-sourced video collage (OSVC) method to
help reduce any acculturative difficulties Asian immigrants may be experiencing. Currently,
there is limited to no research relating to the components of collaging appropriated video as
an intervention. The intervention proposes a 6- to 10-week program that helps participants
learn video-making skills, process ideas with an art therapist, and potentially develop their
sense of identity. Connections between acculturation difficulties and potential benefits of
using this intervention are explored throughout. This research ultimately looks towards the
future, and attempts to fulfill a niche in the art therapy field that demands attention.
Keywords: Asian, immigrants, acculturation, art therapy, video, collage, technology,
digital media, appropriation, research, culture.
... Migrants' mobile usage patterns are associated with the personal and professional benefits enjoyed, such as ease of tracking remittances, real-time interaction via video conferencing, and job networking (Wallis, 2011). These associations have been individually investigated in various life domains, such as work, family life, and religious beliefs (Miller et al., 2013). To overcome this compartmentalization approach, this study evaluates migrants' overall engagement with their home culture using mobile phones. ...
This research explores how the mobile phone appropriation patterns of an Indian migrant group in Singapore are linked to acculturation strategies. The circular model of mobile phone appropriation was adopted to investigate aspects of usage and handling, prestige and social identity, and metacommunication. Following a pluralistic-typological approach, acculturation patterns identified relate to migrants’ maintenance of cultural identity and relationships with the Singaporean host society. In-depth interviews among 33 low-skilled male migrants from an Indian Malayali migrant community reveal that the four appropriation types convenience seeker, experimenter, group communicator, and tabula rasa were linked to three acculturation types observed: culture campaigner, culture connoisseur, and culturally petrified.
