Journal of Child and Family Studies
Volume 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-371
Models of cultural adjustment for child and adolescent migrants to Australia: Internal process and situational factors (Article)
Sonderegger R.* ,
Barrett P.M. ,
Creed P.A.
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School of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Griffith University, Mt. Gravatt, QLD, Australia, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Mt. Gravatt Campus, Mt. Gravatt, QLD 4111, Australia
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School of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Griffith University, Mt. Gravatt, QLD, Australia
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School of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Griffith University, Mt. Gravatt, QLD, Australia
Abstract
Building on previous cultural adjustment profile work by Sonderegger and Barrett (2004), the aim of this study was to propose an organised structure for a number of single risk factors that have been linked to acculturative-stress in young migrants. In recognising that divergent situational characteristics (e.g., school level, gender, residential duration in Australia, social support, and cultural predisposition) are selectively paired with internal processing characteristics (e.g., emotional stability, self-worth/acceptance, acculturation/identity, and future outlook), a top-down path model of acculturative-stress for children and adolescents was proposed and validated. Self-report ratings obtained from primary (n = 131) and high school (n = 142) students of former-Yugoslavian and Chinese backgrounds were analysed for internal reliability. To determine goodness of model fit, path analysis utilising regression procedures was employed. Specific cross-cultural profiles are discussed.
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DOI: 10.1023/B:JCFS.0000022040.37116.0e
ISSN: 10621024
Cited by: 14
Original Language: English