Implications of Adolescents' Acculturation Strategies for Personal and Collective Self-Esteem

Berry, Trimble, and Olmedo's (1986) acculturation model was used to investigate the relationship among adolescents' acculturation strategies, personal self-esteem, and collective self-esteem. Using data from 427 high school students, factor analysis results distinguished Collective Self-es...

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Published in:Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology 2006-10, Vol.12 (4), p.725-739
Main Authors: Giang, Michael T, Wittig, Michele A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Adolescent
Adolescent Development
Adult
Cooperative Behavior
Female
Human
Humans
Male
Psychosocial Development
Self Concept
Self-Esteem
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Summary:Berry, Trimble, and Olmedo's (1986) acculturation model was used to investigate the relationship among adolescents' acculturation strategies, personal self-esteem, and collective self-esteem. Using data from 427 high school students, factor analysis results distinguished Collective Self-esteem Scale constructs ( Luhtanen & Crocker, 1992 ) from both ethnic identity and outgroup orientation subscales of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure ( Phinney, 1992 ). Subsequent results showed that: 1) both acculturation dimensions were correlated with personal and collective self-esteems, 2) integrationists shared similar levels of personal and collective self-esteems with assimilationists and/or separationists, and 3) marginalizationists generally had the lowest levels of personal and collective self-esteems. Implications are drawn for understanding acculturation among adolescents and for the utility of group-level measures of self-esteem.
ISSN:1099-9809
1939-0106
DOI:10.1037/1099-9809.12.4.725