title: Advancing Understanding of Acculturation for Adolescents of Asian Immigrants: Person-Oriented Analysis of Acculturation Strategy Among Korean American Youth.
abstract: Acculturation strategy, a significant predictor of immigrant adaptation, has been under-studied with Asian Americans, in particular, Asian American youth. Using person-oriented latent profile analysis, this study identified acculturation strategies among Korean American early adolescents living in the Midwest. Two-hundred ninety-one families were interviewed in 2007 that included 220 youth (mean age 13, 47.7 % female), along with 272 mothers and 164 fathers (N = 656). They were re-interviewed in 2008 (N = 588). The study found three distinct acculturation strategies: separation (11.8 %, n = 26), integrated bicultural (66.9 %, n = 150), and modest bicultural (21.3 %, n = 44). Integrated bicultural youth reported the strongest sense of ethnic identity and the most favorable characteristics, providing empirical support for the benefit of biculturalism. The findings further suggest that separation may not be as detrimental as previously thought, and modest bicultural-biculturalism that is not fully developed-may in fact be less desirable among Korean American youth.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA. yoonsun@uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: Yoonsun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin Poh Hiong
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Miwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Hyeouk Chris
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hahm
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D002641:Chicago; D002648:Child; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012933:Social Identification
keywords: Acculturation; Acculturation strategies; Immigrant family; Korean American youth