title: The acculturation gap-distress model: Extensions and application to Arab Canadian families.
abstract: Using a multidomain and bidimensional approach, the present study applied and extended the acculturation gap-distress model with an immigrant Arab Canadian sample. Consistent with this model, immigrant Arab emerging adults (n = 113) perceived acculturation gaps between themselves and their parents with respect to their heritage and settlement culture orientation and values. Some of these gaps, in turn, were associated with poorer outcomes. Extending the model, the most problematic acculturation gaps were those in which the emerging adult perceived themselves to be more oriented to Arab culture and values than their parents. We also found some support for the moderating role of parent-emerging adult relationships.
authors.affiliation: School of Arts and Sciences, American University in Dubai.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rasmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Relations, University of Guelph.
authors.forename: Susan S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Guelph.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hennig
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D018912:Arabs / Q000523:psychology*; D002170:Canada; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult