to investigate the variables that may predict acculturative stress in a nationally representative sample
participants
2095 Asian immigrants and Asian Americans
what were 1271 of the participants
1271 of the participants were first-generation immigrants who were 18year and older when they came to the US
what was the procedure
Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews. The interviewers had cultural and linguistic backgrounds similar to those of the sample population.
what did the interviews measure
level of acculturative stress, impact of language proficiency, language preference, discrimination, social networks, family cohesion and the socioeconomic status on acculturative stress
results
Of the 2095 observations, 70% of the sample were found to have acculturative stress according to their acculturative stress score
