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- Title
Re-Acculturation and Adaptation Among Adolescents From Returned Portuguese Immigrant Families.
- Authors
NETO, FÉLIX
- Abstract
The aims of this study were to investigate the degree of psychological and sociocultural adaptation among adolescents from returned Portuguese immigrant families and the factors that may predict adaptation. The study sample consisted of 360 adolescents from returned Portuguese immigrant families who answered a self-report questionnaire. A control group involving 217 Portuguese youths was also included in the study. Adolescents from returned immigrant families revealed similar levels of psychological adaptation and better sociocultural adaptation in comparison with peers who have never migrated. Predictive factors-sociodemographic and intercultural contact variables-were significantly linked to youths' adaptation. It is concluded that perceived discrimination plays an essential role in re-acculturation outcomes.
- Subjects
UNITED States; IMMIGRANT families; PORTUGUESE people; EMIGRATION &; immigration &; psychology; ADAPTABILITY (Psychology) -- Social aspects; FAMILIES &; psychology; FAMILY research; ADOLESCENT psychology research; DEMOGRAPHIC surveys; DISCRIMINATION &; psychology; ETHNIC discrimination; PREJUDICES; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2012, Vol 42, Issue 1, p133
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00873.x