Lueck & Wilson

Design Type

Semi-structured interview

Topic

Acculturation, acculturative stress

Aim

To see what factors would decrease the level of acculturative stress for asian immigrants in the USA

Sample

2095 immigrant (1271-> 1st gen chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino; rest born in USA)

Procedure

- semi-structured interview conducted either face to face or over internet (interviewer had similar linguistic cultural background)

- random selection after interviews to verify data

- Qs measure accul stress, language preferences and prfiency, descrimination, social networks, famil cohesion, SES

Findings

Predictors of lower acculturative stress: bilingual, sharing values with one's family, economically satisfied

Predictor of higher acculturative stress: preference for only speaking english, negative treatment

Strengths

large sample

semi-structured interviews

Limitations

self reported

social desirability bias

difficult to interpret