IMMIGRANT YOUTH IN CULTURAL TRANSITION by John W. Berry (Editor), Jean S. Phinney (Editor), David L. Sam (Editor) ( 9780805851564 )

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IMMIGRANT YOUTH IN CULTURAL TRANSITION
ACCULTURATION, IDENTITY AND ADAPTATION ACROSS NATIONAL CONTEXTS

By:

John W. Berry (Editor), Jean S. Phinney (Editor), David L. Sam (Editor)

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Hardback

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0805851569

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9780805851564

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

Pub. date:

22 March, 2006

Pages:

344

Description:

Drawing samples of immigrant youth from 32 ethnocultural communities living in 13 countries, this book addresses the ways in which youth make sense of their new lives. It is useful for researchers and practitioners in anthropology, education, psychology, social work, and sociology.

Synopsis:

In this book, an international team of psychologists with interests in acculturation, identity, and development describe the experience and adaptation of immigrant youth, using data from over 7,000 immigrant youth from diverse cultural backgrounds living in 13 countries of settlement. Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition explores the way in which immigrant adolescents carry out their lives at the intersection of two cultures (those of their heritage group and the national society), and how well these youth are adapting to their intercultural experience. Four distinct patterns are followed by youth during their acculturation: *an integration pattern, in which youth orient themselves to, and identify with both cultures; *an ethnic pattern, in which youth are oriented mainly to their own group; *a national pattern, in which youth look primarily to the national society; and *a diffuse pattern, in which youth are uncertain and confused about how to live interculturally. The study shows the variation in both the psychological adaptation and the sociocultural adaptation among youth, with most adapting well.This book is useful for professionals, researchers, graduate students, and public policy makers who have an interest in psychology, anthropology, sociology, demography, education, and psychiatry. It is also a valuable resource for public, governmental, and university libraries.

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black & white illustrations

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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc

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