ERIC Number: EJ1375009
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jun
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
EISSN: EISSN-1520-6807
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Findings of a School-Based Intervention for Recently Arrived Immigrant Middle-School Students
Ma, Pei-Wen W.; Torres, Aileen; Akoto, Marsha A.
Psychology in the Schools, v60 n6 p2072-2089 Jun 2023
The "Cultural Adjustment Group" is a pilot school-based group intervention for recently arrived immigrant middle school students. This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and provided preliminary assessment data to guide future intervention research. Seventy (Male, n = 43; Female, n = 27) immigrant students who were Spanish-speaking, Arabic-speaking, and Bangla-speaking (ages 10-16, M = 13.17) from an urban school district in the Northeastern United States participated in this intervention. Pre and postgroup surveys and exit-group interviews were conducted to evaluate the program. The findings demonstrated this intervention has good feasibility and high acceptability by the participants. The Bangla-speaking group reported higher levels of clinical symptoms and perceived discrimination at pretest and reported a clinically significant reduction in clinical symptoms and acculturative stress at posttest. There were no clinically significant changes in the other two groups. The results offer guidance for future implementation of school-based intervention for newcomer students.
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Immigrants, Intervention, School Activities, Feasibility Studies, Urban Schools, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Social Discrimination, Acculturation, Stress Variables, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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