Understanding the Processes and the Consequences of Immigration

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Understanding the Processes and the Consequences of Immigration

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Causadias, Jose

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2014-05

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In this dissertation, I examine the phenomenon of immigration and how intercultural contact affects both immigrants and natives through acculturation and enculturation processes. I center on three main sources of individual differences in the outcomes of acculturation and enculturation: a) ethnicity, b) genetic plasticity, and c) immigrant generation. To examine these three sources, I employed data from a sample of Asian (n = 1584) and Latino (n = 3525) adolescents from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, who were assessed in four waves from ages 12-16 to ages 24-32. I found some group differences between Asians and Latinos, evidence of Gene-Culture correlations, and partial support for generational differences. These findings are discussed using a Cultural Development and Psychopathology framework (Causadias, 2013).

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acculturation

adolescence

culture

developmental psychopathology

enculturation

immigration

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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. May 2014. Major: Child Psychology. Advisors: Dante Cicchetti, Alan Sroufe. 1 computer file (PDF); vi, 143 pages.

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Causadias, Jose. (2014). Understanding the Processes and the Consequences of Immigration. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/181703.

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