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Aim
Investigate the factors that can affect accultruative stress
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Method
- A semi-structured interview consisting of Asian-Americans from various Asian cultures
- half were born in Asia and immigrated to US and the other half were children of immigrants
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Procedures
- Researchers conducted interviews either face-to-face3 or over the internet
- Interviewers measured participants' levels of acculturative stress, the impact of language proficiency, language preference, discrimination, socioeconomic status, and family cohesion on this stress
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Results
Around 70% of participants reported feelings of acculturative stress
- Participants who were bilingual experienced less stress
- Participants who experienced negative treatment/discrimination suffered high levels of stress
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Conclusion
Acculturative stress is common in immigrants
Sharing similar values and beliefs within the family tends to lower acculturative stress