A tale of two cities: Replication of a study on the acculturation and adaptation of immigrant adolescents from the former Soviet Union in a different community context
A tale of two cities: Replication of a study on the acculturation and adaptation of immigrant adolescents from the former Soviet Union in a different community context
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DOI：
10.1007/s10464-005-1891-y
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Buchanan, RM
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作者：
Birman, D;Trickett, E;Buchanan, RM
虽然已经进行了大量研究来了解新国家的文化适应及其与适应的关系，但令人惊讶的是，很少有人注意到当地社区的特征如何影响这些过程。本研究通过探索社区差异在269名来自前苏联的难民和移民青少年重新安置在两个不同社区背景下的适应和适应过程中的潜在作用，解决了文献中的这一差距。具体地说，先前关于高中生文化适应和适应的研究(D.Bman，E.J.Trickett，&A.Vinokurov，2002)在同一州不同社区的相同流亡人口中重复进行。这些群体之间的对比使我们能够检验从生态学角度提出的假设，这些假设涉及(1)文化适应模式，(2)歧视水平及其对文化适应结果的影响，以及(3)文化适应与结果之间关系的社区差异。除了关注社区差异，这项研究还采用了一种多维的文化适应措施，并评估了对美国和俄罗斯文化的适应。此外，对不同生活领域的适应进行了评估；包括同伴关系、家庭关系、学校适应和心理适应。研究结果支持了一般的生态学观点，表明将文化适应和适应作为一种反身过程来研究的重要性，在这种过程中，文化和环境非常相互交织。
While a great deal of research has been conducted to understand acculturation and its relationship to adaptation in the new country, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the ways in which the characteristics of the local community impact these processes. The present study addresses this gap in the literature by exploring the potential role of community differences in the acculturation and adaptation processes of 269 refugee and immigrant adolescents from the former Soviet Union who resettled in two different community contexts. Specifically, a prior study on acculturation and adjustment among high school students (D. Birman, E. J. Trickett, & A. Vinokurov, 2002) was replicated with the same emigre population in a contrasting community within the same state. The contrast between these communities allowed us to test hypotheses emerging from an ecological perspective concerning (1) patterns of acculturation, (2) levels of discrimination and its effect on acculturative outcomes, and (3) community differences in the relationship between acculturation and outcomes. In addition to the focus on community differences, the study also employs a multidimensional measure of acculturation and assesses acculturation to both American and Russian culture. Furthermore, adaptation is assessed across different life domains; including peer relationships, family relationships, school adaptation, and psychological adaptation. Findings support the general ecological perspective, suggesting the importance of studying acculturation and adaptation as a reflexive process in which culture and context are very much intertwined.