عنوان

Acculturation, acculturative stress, and psychological adjustment among Muslim Arab American high school students

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TL48056

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Acculturation, acculturative stress, and psychological adjustment among Muslim Arab American high school students

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First Statement of Responsibility

Heba Ibrahim-Joudeh

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Westermeyer, Jerry

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Adler School of Professional Psychology

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

159

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-50024-0

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Psy.D.

Body granting the degree

Adler School of Professional Psychology

Text preceding or following the note

2014

Text of Note

The purpose of this research was to examine acculturation, acculturative stress, and psychological adjustment among Muslim Arab American high school students. The mental health concerns and the increasing negative perceptions of the Muslim Arab community within the United States suggested a need for a better understanding of the acculturative experiences and psychological adjustment of this population. The sample in this study consisted of 80 parent-child dyads that completed several measures from a suburban community that serves a large Muslim Arab American population. The results of this study suggested that students attending public school reported higher levels of anxiety. There were no significant differences on acculturation and acculturative stress by age, gender, length of time in the U.S., but there were significant differences by birth order, religiosity, and parent education. Results showed that Middle/Second born children have less mainstream and more heritage cultural orientation; students who reported to be less religious also reported lower heritage cultural orientation; and the more educated the parents, the higher the heritage culture. Results also suggested that students who reported higher integrated acculturation also reported better psychological adjustment; students who reported higher levels of acculturative stress also reported higher levels of psychological problems and lower levels of self-esteem. Lastly, there was found to be a significant difference between parent acculturation and student acculturation.

Mental health; Islamic Studies; Psychology

Subject Term

Social sciences;Psychology;Health and environmental sciences;Acculturation;Acculturative stress;Arab American youth;Muslim Arab Americans;Muslim students;Psychological adjustment

Haghamed, Selma

Westermeyer, Jerry

Adler School of Professional Psychology

Call Number

1646464976; 3662119

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[Thesis]

276903

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