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Acculturation and Psychological Adjustment of Vietnamese Refugees: An Ecological Acculturation Framework
- Source :
- American journal of community psychology. 56(3-4)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Acculturation to the culture of the host society as well as to one's heritage culture have been shown to impact immigrants' adjustment during the years following resettlement. While acculturation has been identified as an important factor in adjustment of Vietnamese immigrants (Birman and Tran in Am J Orthopsychiatr 78(1):109-120. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.78.1.109 , 2008), no clear pattern of findings has emerged and too few studies have employed an ecological approach. The purpose of this paper is to contextualize the study of acculturation and adjustment by taking an ecological approach to exploring these relationships across several life domains, using a bilinear scale, and examining mediators of these relationships for adult Vietnamese refugees (N = 203) in the United States. We call this approach the Ecological Acculturation Framework (EAF). Results of a structural equation model (SEM) showed that job satisfaction fully mediated the relationship between American acculturation and psychological distress, demonstrating that this relationship was specific to an occupational domain. However, while Vietnamese acculturation predicted co-ethnic social support satisfaction, it did not predict reduced psychological distress. Implications for a life domains approach, including domain specificity, are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Health (social science)
Vietnamese
Refugee
Emotional Adjustment
Structural equation modeling
Job Satisfaction
Social support
Young Adult
Surveys and Questionnaires
Ecological psychology
Adaptation, Psychological
Humans
Occupations
Applied Psychology
Aged
Refugees
Maryland
Ecology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Social Support
Emigration and Immigration
Middle Aged
language.human_language
Acculturation
United States
Health psychology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Socioeconomic Factors
Vietnam
language
Job satisfaction
Female
Psychology
Social psychology
Stress, Psychological
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15732770 and 00029432
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 3-4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American journal of community psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5747188fc61c52ffc24b42e5340c468d