Immigrant Adaptation and Patterns of Acculturation

By M. A. Gibson. Human Development, 2001

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Crossroads: The Psychology of immigration in the new century (2013, background): “Psychological acculturation occurs against the backdrop of the local community of resettlement (Birman, Trickett, & Buchanan, 2005; Schnittker, 2002), the experience of the immigrant group (Gibson, 2001), and the economic context of the larger society.”
A Bidimensional Model of Acculturation for Examining Differences in Family Functioning and Behavior Problems in Hispanic Immigrant Adolescents (2007, neutral): “This process of adaptation has typically been referred to as acculturation (Gibson, 2001).”
Similarities or Differences in Identity Development? The Impact of Acculturation and Gender on Identity Process and Outcome (2002, background): “Acculturation has been defined as “the process of cultural change and adaptation that occurs when individuals with different cultures come into contact” (Gibson, 2001, p. 19).”
Rethinking the Concept of Acculturation (2010, background): “Broadly, as applied to individuals, acculturation refers to changes that take place as a result of contact with culturally dissimilar people, groups, and social influences (Gibson, 2001).”
The Structure of Cultural Identity in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Emerging Adults (2007, background): “Traditionally, acculturation represents individual-level change occurring when people from different cultural backgrounds come into contact (Gibson, 2001).”