Psicologia della Salute
Volume 2008, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 23-41

Bicultural identity and well-being in immigrant adolescents living in Italy: An exploratory Research [Identità biculturale e benessere degli adolescenti stranieri residenti in Italia: una ricerca esplorativa] (Article)

Maffeis D. , Castellini F. , Colombo M.
  • a Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Italy
  • b Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Italy
  • c Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Italy

Abstract

This research investigates ethnic identity, national identity, bicultural identity integration and psychological well-being in a sample of foreign adolescents (N = 139) living in Bergamo. The results show that adolescents score higher on ethnic rather than national identity and confirm the close relationship between ethnic identity, bicultural identity integration and psychological well-being. Gender differences in acculturation experience and cultural identification emerge; in the female sample foreign adolescents seem to have more psychological problems than Italian ones. Our results corroborate the relevance of the construct of bicultural identity integration wich demonstrated to account for aspects of acculturation process that ethnic and national identity don't explain. © 2018 Dipartimento di Architettura e Pianificazione. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Adolescence Ethnic identity Well-being Integration

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85018179952&partnerID=40&md5=39ed39267d0f96f90a628b78891c648b
ISSN: 17210321
Cited by: 1
Original Language: Italian