Toward a More Complex Understanding of Acculturation and Adjustment: Cultural Involvements and Psychosocial Functioning in Vietnamese Youth.

Nguyen, Huong H.; Messe, Lawrence A.; Stollak, Gary E.

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ERIC Number: EJ580897

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Toward a More Complex Understanding of Acculturation and Adjustment: Cultural Involvements and Psychosocial Functioning in Vietnamese Youth.

Nguyen, Huong H.; Messe, Lawrence A.; Stollak, Gary E.

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, v30 n1 p5-31 Jan 1999

Examines link between acculturation and adjustment in 182 Vietnamese youths living in an Anglo-American community. Results indicate involvement in U.S. culture predicts positive functioning on personal, interpersonal, and academic levels. Involvement in the Vietnamese culture predicts positive family relationships. (MMU)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Asian Americans, Cultural Influences, High School Students, Junior High School Students, Refugees, Secondary Education, Vietnamese People

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Michigan

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