Measures of psychological acculturation: A review

T Matsudaira - Transcultural psychiatry, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reviews conceptual and methodological issues in the measurement of
psychological acculturation. The major issues involve the question of dimensionality and the …

Biculturalism and adjustment: A meta-analysis

AMTD Nguyen… - Journal of cross-cultural …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Biculturalism (having two cultures) is a growing social phenomenon that has received
considerable attention in psychology in the last decade; however, the issue of what impact (if …

A bilinear multidimensional measurement model of Asian American acculturation and enculturation: Implications for counseling interventions.

MJ Miller - Journal of counseling psychology, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
Several unilinear and bilinear dimensional measurement models of Asian American
acculturation and enculturation were tested with confirmatory factor analysis. Bilinear …

Psychological distress and adjustment of Vietnamese refugees in the United States: Association with pre‐and postmigration factors

D Birman, N Tran - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to examine how pre‐and postmigration factors affect the
psychological distress and adjustment for a community sample of Vietnamese refugees …

Maintenance of traditional cultural orientation is associated with lower rates of obesity and sedentary behaviours among African migrant children to Australia

AMN Renzaho, B Swinburn, C Burns - International journal of obesity, 2008 - nature.com
Background: Migrants from developing to developed countries rapidly develop more obesity
than the host population. While the effects of socio-economic status on obesity are well …

Work-related acculturation: Change in individual work-related cultural values following immigration

V Taras, J Rowney, P Steel - The International Journal of Human …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The effects of culture in the workplace have been well documented. Because cultures vary
across countries, business practices that are effective in some regions may not be effective …

Vignette methodology and culture-relevance: Lessons learned through a project on successful aging with Iranian immigrants to Sweden

S Torres - Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 2009 - Springer
It is a well-known fact that cultural values play an important role in the construction of aging
and old-age related understandings. This is why ethnogerontologists have tried to expand …

Sociodemographic backgrounds and career decisions of Australian and New Zealand dental students

RJ Mariño, MV Morgan, T Winning… - Journal of Dental …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This article describes the sociodemographic and career selection characteristics of dental
students in Australia and New Zealand. A total of 672 dental students participated in the …

A preliminary empirical test of a culturally-relevant theoretical framework for the study of successful aging

S Torres - Journal of cross-cultural gerontology, 2003 - Springer
This article aims to shed preliminary empirical light on the assumptions underpinning a
culturally relevant theoretical framework for the study of successful aging. On the basis of the …

Testing a bilinear domain-specific model of acculturation and enculturation across generational status.

MJ Miller - Journal of counseling psychology, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
This study attempted to replicate Miller's (2007) finding that a bilinear domain-specific model
of Asian American acculturation demonstrated superior model fit when compared to …