title: [Acculturation orientations and psychosocial adaptation among adolescents with immigrant background].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to explore the typology of adolescents with immigrant background based on the orientations of acculturation and to estimate the psychosocial adaptation of the various subtypes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 228 French high school students with an immigrant background completed a questionnaire assessing acculturation orientations (Immigrant Acculturation Scale; Barrette et al., 2004), antisocial behaviors, depressive symptoms and self-esteem. Cluster analysis based on acculturation orientations was performed using the k-means method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cluster analysis produced four distinct acculturation profiles: bicultural (31%), separated (28%), marginalized (21%), and assimilated-individualistic (20%). Adolescents in the separated and marginalized clusters, both characterized by rejection of the host culture, reported higher levels of antisocial behavior. Depressive symptoms and self-esteem did not differ between clusters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Several hypotheses may explain the association between separation and delinquency. First, separation and rejection of the host culture may lead to rebellious behavior such as delinquency. Conversely, delinquent behavior may provoke rejection or discrimination by peers or school, or legal sanctions that induce a reciprocal process of rejection of the host culture and separation. The relationship between separation and antisocial behavior may be bidirectional, each one reinforcing the other, resulting in a negative spiral. This study confirms the interest of the study of the orientations of acculturation in the understanding of the antisocial behavior of adolescents with immigrant background.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire CERPP-OCTOGONE, UFR de psychologie, université de Toulouse, 5, allées Antonio-Machado, 31058 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goutaudier
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire CERPP-OCTOGONE, UFR de psychologie, université de Toulouse, 5, allées Antonio-Machado, 31058 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chauchard
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire CERPP-OCTOGONE, UFR de psychologie, université de Toulouse, 5, allées Antonio-Machado, 31058 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Melioli
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire CERPP-OCTOGONE, UFR de psychologie, université de Toulouse, 5, allées Antonio-Machado, 31058 Toulouse cedex 9, France; UER développement de l'enfant à l'adulte, HEP Lausanne, avenue de Cour 33, 1007 Lausanne, Suisse.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valls
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire CERPP-OCTOGONE, UFR de psychologie, université de Toulouse, 5, allées Antonio-Machado, 31058 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: van Leeuwen
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire CERPP-OCTOGONE, UFR de psychologie, université de Toulouse, 5, allées Antonio-Machado, 31058 Toulouse cedex 9, France. Electronic address: chabrol@univ-tlse2.fr.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chabrol
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Acculturation; Adolescence; Antisocial behavior; Classification hiérarchique; Cluster analysis; Comportements antisociaux