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The relationship between acculturation and relevant correlates for Sub-Saharan and North African-born migrants : A meta-analytic review
Deslandes, Christine Kaufmann, Leah M. Anderson, Joel R.
Deslandes, Christine
Kaufmann, Leah M.
Anderson, Joel R.
Abstract
Acculturation is a complex and multidimensional process that refers to the psychological process whereby individuals’ behaviours, values, and cultural attitudes change as a result of contact between two or more distinct cultures. While there is a large amount of literature focused on linking acculturation to various adaptation-relevant outcome domains for other migrant groups, there has been little synthesis of literature focusing on African-born migrants. The present paper examined the relationship between acculturation (both host culture adoption and home culture maintenance) and the adaptation-relevant outcome domains that exist in the literature for African-born migrants (i.e., acculturative stress, discrimination, economic outcomes, healthcare utilisation, mental health, parenting, physical health, sexual health, social support and contact, and transnationalism). One hundred and eight records (113 studies; Ntotal = 48,952 participants) were meta-analysed and revealed that host culture adoption was significantly related to better economic outcomes, greater healthcare utilisation, better sexual health, and greater social support and more social contact. Meta-analyses also revealed home culture maintenance was significantly related to greater discrimination, poor economic outcomes, and less social support and contact. Migrant status, acculturation measure, acculturation conceptualisation, and proxy acculturation measure moderated some of these relationships. The findings are discussed in terms of implications for future research and migration policies, namely indicating the importance of examining acculturation using bidimensional measures and the importance of migration policies supporting both host culture adoption and home culture maintenance.
Keywords
acculturation, African, migrant, refugee, adaptation, acculturation stress
Date
2024
Type
Journal article
Journal
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Book
Volume
98
Issue
Page Range
1-21
Article Number
Article 101928
ACU Department
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY 4.0
File Access
Open
Notes
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).