Acculturative Stress and Specific Coping Strategies among Immigrant and Later Generation College Students
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Acculturative stress and specific coping strategies were assessed in a group of 214 multicultural college undergraduates of both sexes who were divided into four generational status groups: early immigrants (immigrated before 12 years of age) and late immigrants (immigrated after age 12), second-generation and third-generation. Also explored was the relationship of acculturative stress to self-esteem, locus of control and loyalty to American culture. The self-administered questionnaire contained the short version of the Padilla SAFE Acculturative Stress Measure, a loyalty toward American culture scale, Rotter's Internal/External Locus of Control scale, and the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory. Findings revealed that late immigrant students experienced greater acculturative stress than the other groups. Also, late immigrants coped with stress more frequently by taking a direct, planned action (individualistic) approach, while secondand third-generation groups more often coped by talking to others about the problem (social network). Early immigrants employed both coping strategies.
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Acculturation stress is a multifaceted experience related to interpersonal, intellectual/professional, and structural pressures.
“According to the acculturation and ethnic minority literature (e.g., Gil, Vega, & Dimas, 1994;Mena, Padilla, & Maldonado, 1987;Saldan˜a, 1994), stress associated with the acculturation process is a multifaceted experience related to interpersonal, intellectual/professional, and structural pressures.”
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“Social, Attitudinal, Familial, and Environmental Acculturation Stress Scale (SAFE; Mena et al., 1987).”
Background
- Authors
- Mena, F. J., Padilla, A. M., & Maldonado, M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- ORCID
- Padilla, Amado M.
- Venue
- Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1987-06
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 207-225
- ISSN
- 0739-9863 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6364
- OpenAlex
- W2004150154
- Cited by
- 589
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 12.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Keywords
- acculturative stress, coping strategies, immigrant children, third-generation immigrants, self-esteem, locus of control, social support, Hispanic college students
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