Feel American, Watch American, Eat American? Remote Acculturation, TV, and Nutrition Among Adolescent-Mother Dyads in Jamaica

Globalization prompts remote acculturation toward U.S. culture in Jamaica; this study used a bioecological systems approach to examine its proximal impact on nutrition through U.S. cable TV consumption, and maternal influences in the home. Overall, 330 randomly selected adolescent-mother dyads from...

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Published in:Child development 2018-07, Vol.89 (4), p.1360-1377
Main Authors: Ferguson, Gail M., Muzaffar, Henna, Iturbide, Maria I., Chu, Hui, Gardner, Julie Meeks
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Adolescents
Behavior
Cable television
Consumption
Daughters
Dyads
Eating behavior
EMPIRICAL ARTICLES
Girls
Globalization
Healthy food
Identity
Interdependence
Mothers
Nutrition
Questionnaires
Systems approach
Television
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Summary:Globalization prompts remote acculturation toward U.S. culture in Jamaica; this study used a bioecological systems approach to examine its proximal impact on nutrition through U.S. cable TV consumption, and maternal influences in the home. Overall, 330 randomly selected adolescent-mother dyads from schools in Kingston, Jamaica (Madolescent_age = 13.8 years, SDadoiescent_age = 1.8) completed questionnaires reporting American identity and behavioral preferences, daily time spent watching U.S.-produced TV programs, and frequency of eating unhealthy foods. Actor-partner interdependence models revealed that girls' American identity/behavior directly predicted their unhealthy eating, whereas girls' mothers and boys' American identity/behavior indirectly predicted unhealthy eating as mediated by their U.S. TV hours. Additionally, mothers' American identity/behavior predicted daughters' unhealthy eating as mediated by mothers' U.S. TV hours. Remote acculturation theory may facilitate more targeted research and prevention/intervention.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/cdev.12808