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Title: Acculturative Stress Among Black African Immigrants: Race Versus Ethnicity Contributors - ProQuest

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: Racial and ethnic socialization are essential to the social development of racial and ethnic minorities and have several implications for their psychological well-being. However, the unique contributions of racial socialization and ethnic socialization among Black African immigrants remain understudied. This study aims to explore the mechanisms that underlie the association between racial and ethnic socialization and acculturative stress using a sample of 173 first, 1.5, and second-generation Sub-Saharan African immigrants in the U.S. This study used a path analysis to test an exploratory model that links race and ethnic socialization to acculturative stress through race and ethnic public and private appraisals and identity. Findings of the study revealed that a best fit model comprised of a partially mediated path for the relations of ethnic socialization and acculturative stress, and a fully mediated path for the relations of racial socialization and acculturative stress. Astoundingly, ethnic socialization accounted for about twenty percent of the variance in acculturative stress, yet, racial socialization was not a significant predictor of acculturative stress. As expected, racial socialization significantly predicted racial identity. Messages about race and beliefs and attitudes towards race inform African immigrants’ attitudes and . . .

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Authors: Cabirou, Latifat

Institution: Loyola University Chicago

Department: Counseling Psychology

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Publisher Location: Chicago, IL

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Race and Ethnicity

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