title: I am AmeriBritSouthAfrican-Zambian: Multidimensional remote acculturation and well-being among urban Zambian adolescents.
abstract: One impact of globalisation is that adolescents today are frequently exposed to the values, attitudes and norms of other nations without leaving their own backyards. This may lead to remote acculturation-cultural and psychological changes experienced by non-migrant individuals having indirect and/or intermittent contact with a geographically separate culture. Using quantitative and qualitative data, we examined multidimensional remote acculturation among 83 urban Zambian adolescents who are routinely exposed to U.S., U.K. and South African cultures through traditional and social media and materials/goods. Cluster analyses showed 2 distinct groups of adolescents. "Traditional Zambians, TZs" (55.4%) were significantly more oriented towards Zambian culture and reported a higher level of obligation to their families and greater interdependent self-construal compared with "Westernised Multicultural Zambians, WMZs" (44.6%), who were more oriented towards U.S., U.K. and South African cultures. Furthermore, remote acculturation predicted somewhat lower life satisfaction among WMZs. These results demonstrate that individuals' behaviours, values and identity may be influenced by multiple geographically distant cultures simultaneously and may be associated with psychological costs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Yuna L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Kim T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.affiliation: Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Gail M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012933:Social Identification; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014505:Urban Population; D015024:Zambia
keywords: Adolescents; Globalisation; Remote acculturation; Self-construal; Well-being; Zambians