1-019 - Implications of Remote Acculturation for Child and Youth Development in non-Western Contexts

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Ferguson's seminal paper (Ferguson & Bornstein, 2012) introduced remote acculturation (RA) as a modern form of non-migrant acculturation occurring via globalization, and demonstrated RA among Jamaican adolescents and mothers exposed to US culture. Since then, research on RA has been replicated and expanded upon in several non-Western contexts. The purpose of this symposium is to present research on RA conducted in Turkey, Mexico, and Costa Rica that broadens the understanding of RA's implications for diverse aspects of individual development. The first paper examined the association of RA (to US culture) with parenting practices among Turkish divorced parents, building on prior research which showed that divorced parents' RA affects child adjustment. The second paper investigated pathways from RA (via US media consumption) to Mexican adolescents' health behavior, finding that a US cultural orientation was associated with higher E-cigarette use susceptibility, while parental restrictions played a protective role. The third paper examined the association of RA (to US and European cultures) with Costa Rican undergraduate students' educational, civic, and cultural development. Results suggest educational and civic benefits for some students of majority ethnicity, but with potential costs to openness to diversity. Altogether, these papers show that RA could have both negative and positive implications for development across childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood. The discussant will integrate the findings of these three papers that illuminate the complexity and diversity of mechanisms by which RA affects child and youth development in non-Western contexts.

Sub Unit

• Race, Ethnicity, Culture, Context

Chair

• Nadia Jessop, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti

Discussant

• Gail Ferguson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Individual Presentations

• Associations between Divorced Co-parents’ Remote Acculturation and Gaps in Authoritative Parenting in Globalizing Urban Turkey - Presenting Author: Cagla Giray, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• E-cigarette use susceptibility among Mexican adolescents: The roles of remote acculturation, parenting, and media use - Presenting Author: Elma Elma Lorenzo-Blanco, The University of Texas at Austin; Non-Presenting Author: James Thrasher, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health

• Remote Acculturation's Association with Costa Rican Students' Educational, Civic, and Cultural Outcomes - Presenting Author: Nadia Jessop, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti; Non-Presenting Author: Glenn Adams, University of Kansas