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ERIC Number: EJ1231294
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1381-2890
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Examining Acculturation Orientations and Perceived Cultural Distance among Immigrant Adolescents in Portugal: Links to Performance in Reading, Mathematics, and Science
Melkonian, Michael; Areepattamannil, Shaljan; Menano, Luisa; Fildago, Patricia
Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, v22 n4 p969-989 Sep 2019
Drawing on data from the fifth cycle of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the authors examined the relations of reported acculturation orientations--heritage as well as host culture-orientations--and perceived cultural distance between host and heritage culture with academic performance among 399 first- and second-generation immigrant adolescent students in Portugal. Results of hierarchical regression analyses, after accounting for student demographic characteristics, revealed a positive relationship between host culture-orientations and the first-generation immigrant adolescents' performance on the PISA reading, mathematics and science assessments, and also the second-generation immigrant adolescents' performance on reading assessment. Additionally, both the first- and second- generation immigrant adolescents' heritage culture-orientations were significantly negatively linked to performance on the PISA reading, mathematics, and science assessments. Furthermore, findings revealed that first-generation immigrant adolescents' perceived cultural distance was significantly negatively associated with their performance on the PISA reading and mathematics assessments. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Portugal
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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