Acculturation, stress and coping: Some implications for research and education

摘要: Abstract Acculturation processes are conceptualized as requiring a multivariate model with variables operating at four psychosocial levels: cultural, ethnic, interpersonal and intrapersonal. Examples of changes in mental health status, social networks, cognitive style, orientation child rearing values consequent to immigration considered. The primary focus is on the delineation several approaches study acculturative stress coping. These include stressful life events, chronic role strains, Lazarus's appraisal model. implications for research emphasize importance multivariate, multi-method, multi-level involving both cross-sectional longitudinal analyses situational process variables. Since school critical acculturation context, an intensified analysis stresses coping responses that context required. Promising such parent teacher cultural sensitivity training, classroom restructuring order reduce devaluation immigrant children by dominant ethnic group, stress-innoculation training specifically designed help learn cope more effectively environment.