International Journal of Culture and Mental Health
Volume 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-82

Relations between acculturation orientations and antisocial behavior in adolescents and young adults from immigrant families (Article)

van Leeuwen N.* , Rodgers R.F. , Bui E. , Pirlot G. , Chabrol H.
  • a Department of Psychology, Université de Toulouse, Touloluse, France
  • b Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, United States
  • c Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
  • d Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
  • e Department of Psychology, Université de Toulouse, Touloluse, France

Abstract

The aim of this cross-sectional school-based cohort study was to explore the relations between acculturation orientations and antisocial behavior in adolescents from immigrant families. Among 972 French high-school students, 251 were first- second- and third-generation immigrant adolescents. Adolescents with immigrant background reported higher levels of antisocial behavior than non-immigrant adolescents. Separation (rejection of the host culture) had the highest rates of endorsement after integration (biculturalism) and showed a unique association with antisocial behavior after controlling for other cultural, psychopathological and socio-familial variables. © 2012 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Adolescents Ethnic identity Acculturation orientations self-reported antisocial behavior

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84892724546&doi=10.1080%2f17542863.2012.699534&partnerID=40&md5=415cb24566c9b7b7a45c1ab50705023a
DOI: 10.1080/17542863.2012.699534
ISSN: 17542863
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English