2-125 - Developmental and Contextual Approaches to the Study of Ethnic-Racial Minority and Migrant Adolescents’ Dual-Cultural Adaptation

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Biculturalism is relevant to large segments of the world population (Czaika & Hass, 2014). This symposium investigates the influence of contextual factors on biculturalism development among diverse groups in Belgium and the U.S. Collectively, these studies draw from theoretical frameworks recognizing that individuals exist within cultural contexts that shape the transactions they encounter in their daily lives (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006; Super & Harkness, 1986).
Ethnic-racial minority and migrant individuals, in particular, navigate contexts in which they encounter cultural scripts associated with at least two cultures (i.e., mainstream/national/host and ethnic/heritage cultures; Gonzales et al., 2012), necessitating adaptation to both. Contextual affordances and demands associated with these cultures influence individuals’ dual-cultural adaptation (adaptation to mainstream/national/host and ethnic/heritage cultures; Berry et al., 2006). Therefore, contextual factors can play an important role on the development of bicultural competence, or skills to respond proficiently to bicultural demands (Basilo et al., 2014); however, the role of context has been understudied (Yoon et al., 2011).
Paper 1 focuses on how Native American adolescents’ bicultural competence relates to their ethnic-racial identity and self-esteem. Paper 2 examines how positive versus negative school contexts influence European and Non-European minority adolescents’ dual-cultural orientations. Paper 3 investigates how developmental changes in the family context relate to U.S. Mexican-origin adolescents’ bicultural competence. Finally, the discussant will summarize the overall contributions, the significance of studying the role of context in biculturalism development, and will integrate presenters’ research into the current state of biculturalism and dual-cultural adaptation scholarship with recommendations for future work.

Sub Unit

• Race, Ethnicity, Culture, Context

Chair

• M. Dalal Safa, Arizona State University

Discussant

• Frosso Motti, University of Athens

Individual Presentations

• Associations Among Native American Adolescents' Biculturalism, Ethnic Racial Identity, and Self-Esteem - Non-Presenting Author: Teresa LaFromboise, Stanford University; Presenting Author: Nidia Ruedas-Gracia, Stanford University

• Acculturation Trajectories of Minority Adolescents: A Contextual and Dynamic Approach - Presenting Author: Jessie Hillekens, KU Leuven; Non-Presenting Author: Gülseli Baysu, Queen’s University Belfast; Non-Presenting Author: Karen Phalet, KU Leuven

• The Influence of Fathers’ Dual-Cultural Adaptation on Bicultural Competence Development Among Mexican American Youth - Presenting Author: M. Dalal Safa, Arizona State University; Non-Presenting Author: Rebecca M. B. White, Arizona State University; Non-Presenting Author: Michelle Christine Pasco, Arizona State University; Non-Presenting Author: Jenny Zhao, Arizona State University; Non-Presenting Author: George Knight, Arizona State University; Non-Presenting Author: Nancy Gonzales, Arizona State University; Non-Presenting Author: Jenn Yunn-Tein, Arizona State University