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Name of the Researcher(s)
Lueck and Wilson
Year of Publication
2010
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Cultural Influences on Attitude, Identity and Behaviours - Acculturation
Research Method
Semi-Structured Interview
Aim
To investigate which variables play a role in increasing acculturative stress in Asian-Americans and Asian immigrants.
Participants
2095 Asian-Americans and Asian immigrants in the U.S
Half of the sample were first-generation immigrants, the second half second-generation immigrants.
Procedure
Participants were interviewed either face-to-face or online with interviewers of the same background.
Participants’ acculturative stress was measured through questions about language proficiency, language preference, family cohesion, discrimination, social networks and socioeconomic status.
Results
70% of the sample had acculturative stress.
Risk Factors for Acculturative Stress
Bilingual preference for English
Limited social networks
Not proficient in either language
Xenophobia/Discrimination/Prejudice
Poor family cohesion
Poor economic status
Strengths
+ Interviewers were of the same background as the participants.
+ Semi-Structured Interview —> Flexible Questions
+ Large Sample
Limitations
- Interviewer Effects
- Ecological Fallacy
