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Tridimensional Acculturation and Adaptation among Jamaican Adolescent-Mother Dyads in the United States
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Ferguson, Gail M.; Bornstein, Marc H.; Pottinger, Audrey M. – Child Development, 2012
A bidimensional acculturation framework cannot account for multiple destination cultures within contemporary settlement societies. A "tridimensional model" is proposed and tested among Jamaican adolescent-mother dyads in the United States compared to Jamaican Islander, European American, African American, and other Black and non-Black U.S.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Acculturation, Immigrants, Adolescents
Productive Vocabulary among Three Groups of Bilingual American Children: Comparison and Prediction
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Cote, Linda R.; Bornstein, Marc H. – First Language, 2014
The importance of input factors for bilingual children's vocabulary development was investigated. Forty-seven Argentine, 42 South Korean, 51 European American, 29 Latino immigrant, 26 Japanese immigrant, and 35 Korean immigrant mothers completed checklists of their 20-month-old children's productive vocabularies. Bilingual children's vocabulary…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Acculturation
Child and Mother Play in Cultures of Origin, Acculturating Cultures, and Cultures of Destination
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Cote, Linda R.; Bornstein, Marc H. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
Immigrant (Japanese and South Americans in the United States) families' play was compared to play in families in their countries of origin (Japan and Argentina, respectively) and in a common country of destination (European Americans in the United States). Two hundred and forty 20-month-old children and their mothers participated. Generally, the…
Descriptors: Play, Mothers, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Mothers' Parenting Cognitions in Cultures of Origin, Acculturating Cultures, and Cultures of Destination
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Bornstein, Marc H.; Cote, Linda R. Y. – Child Development, 2004
Japanese and South American immigrant mothers' parenting cognitions (attributions and self-perceptions) were compared with mothers from their country of origin (Japan and Argentina, respectively) and European American mothers in the United States. Participants were 231 mothers of 20-month-old children. Generally, South American immigrant mothers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Latin Americans, Child Rearing, Immigrants