title: Remote Acculturation of Early Adolescents in Jamaica towards European American Culture: A Replication and Extension.
abstract: Remote acculturation is a modern form of non-immigrant acculturation identified among early adolescents in Jamaica as "Americanization". This study aimed to replicate the original remote acculturation findings in a new cohort of early adolescents in Jamaica (n= 222;M= 12.08 years) and to extend our understanding of remote acculturation by investigating potential vehicles of indirect and intermittent intercultural contact. Cluster analyses replicated prior findings: Relative to Traditional Jamaican adolescents (62%), Americanized Jamaican adolescents (38%) reported stronger European American cultural orientation, lower Jamaican orientation, lower family obligations, and greater conflict with parents. More U.S. media (girls) and less local media and local sports (all) were the primary vehicles of intercultural contact predicting higher odds of Americanization. U.S. food, U.S. tourism, and transnational communication were also linked to U.S. orientation. Findings have implications for acculturation research and for practice and policy targeting Caribbean youth and families.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human and Community Development University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Doris Kelley Christopher Hall, MC-081 904 West Nevada Street, Room 2015 Urbana, Illinois 61801 ; Department of Psychology Knox College Galesburg, IL 61401.
authors.forename: Gail M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.affiliation: Child and Family Research Section Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health Rockledge I, Suite 8030 6705 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892-7971.
authors.forename: Marc H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bornstein
keywords: Caribbean/West Indian; fast food; globalization; immigration; media; tridimensional acculturation