ERIC Number: EJ933369
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jan
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0167
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Dimensions of Acculturation: Associations with Health Risk Behaviors among College Students from Immigrant Families
Schwartz, Seth J.; Weisskirch, Robert S.; Zamboanga, Byron L.; Castillo, Linda G.; Ham, Lindsay S.; Huynh, Que-Lam; Park, Irene J. K.; Donovan, Roxanne; Kim, Su Yeong; Vernon, Michael; Davis, Matthew J.; Cano, Miguel A.
Journal of Counseling Psychology, v58 n1 p27-41 Jan 2011
In the present study, we examined a bidimensional model of acculturation (which includes both heritage and U.S. practices, values, and identifications) in relation to hazardous alcohol use, illicit drug use, unsafe sexual behavior, and impaired driving. A sample of 3,251 first- and second-generation immigrant students from 30 U.S. colleges and universities completed measures of behavioral acculturation; cultural values (individualism, collectivism, and self-construal); ethnic and U.S. identity; and patterns of alcohol and drug use, engagement in potentially unsafe sexual activities, and driving while (or riding with a driver who was) intoxicated. Results indicate that heritage practices and collectivist values were generally protective against health risk behaviors, with collectivist values most strongly and consistently protective. Nonetheless, heritage identifications were positively associated with sexual risk taking for Hispanics. U.S. practices, values, and identifications were not consistently related to risk behavior participation. Results are discussed in terms of bidimensional approaches to acculturation, the immigrant paradox, and implications for counseling practice. (Contains 1 figure, 4 tables, and 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: College Students, Acculturation, Drug Abuse, Drinking, Sexuality, Immigrants, Adjustment (to Environment), Health Behavior, At Risk Persons, Cultural Influences, Motor Vehicles, Ethnicity, Values, Alcohol Abuse, Whites, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure; Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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