Cultural Identity, Perceived Discrimination, and Parental Support as Determinants of Immigrants' School Adjustments:: Vietnamese Youth in Finland Export

@article{citeulike:3378938, abstract = {This study focuses on factors predicting school adjustment of immigrant adolescents. One hundred seventy-five immigrant adolescents of Vietnamese origin in Finland (ages 13 to 18) were compared with a sample of host national Finnish youth (N = 337). The immigrant adolescents were better adjusted to school than were their host national peers. In addition, school adjustment was enhanced by the integrative mode of acculturation (i.e., acquisition of the skills needed for participation in the host culture along with adherence to traditional cultural patterns). However, ethnic identity and acculturation were shown to be distinct phenomena; the acquisition of new cultural traits did not imply the simultaneous adoption of a new identity. In addition, perceived discrimination had a detrimental, whereas perceived parental support had a positive impact on the immigrants'school adjustments. The impact of these factors turned out to be mostly indirect (e.g., through self-esteem, sense of mastery, and psychological distress). 10.1177/0743558404269279}, author = {Liebkind, Karmela and Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga and Solheim, Erling}, citeulike-article-id = {3378938}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://jar.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/6/635}, day = {1}, journal = {Journal of Adolescent Research}, keywords = {discrimination, parents, socialsupport}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {635--656}, posted-at = {2008-10-06 10:48:22}, priority = {3}, title = {Cultural Identity, Perceived Discrimination, and Parental Support as Determinants of Immigrants' School Adjustments:: Vietnamese Youth in Finland}, url = {http://jar.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/6/635}, volume = {19}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3378938 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3378938 N2 - This study focuses on factors predicting school adjustment of immigrant adolescents. One hundred seventy-five immigrant adolescents of Vietnamese origin in Finland (ages 13 to 18) were compared with a sample of host national Finnish youth (N = 337). The immigrant adolescents were better adjusted to school than were their host national peers. In addition, school adjustment was enhanced by the integrative mode of acculturation (i.e., acquisition of the skills needed for participation in the host culture along with adherence to traditional cultural patterns). However, ethnic identity and acculturation were shown to be distinct phenomena; the acquisition of new cultural traits did not imply the simultaneous adoption of a new identity. In addition, perceived discrimination had a detrimental, whereas perceived parental support had a positive impact on the immigrants'school adjustments. The impact of these factors turned out to be mostly indirect (e.g., through self-esteem, sense of mastery, and psychological distress). 10.1177/0743558404269279 IS - 6 JF - Journal of Adolescent Research EP - 656 TI - Cultural Identity, Perceived Discrimination, and Parental Support as Determinants of Immigrants' School Adjustments:: Vietnamese Youth in Finland VL - 19 SP - 635 KW - discrimination KW - parents KW - socialsupport AU - Liebkind, Karmela AU - Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga AU - Solheim, Erling PY - 2004/11/01/ UR - http://jar.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/6/635 ER -