Cultural Identity and the Academic, Social, and Psychological Adjustment of Adolescents with Immigration Background.

ABSTRACT: As Western societies become more ethnically and culturally diverse, understanding the acculturation of immigrant youth is essential for fostering social cohesion. How the cultural identity formation of ethnic minority adolescents relates to their academic, social, and psychological adjustment is an important and as yet unresolved research question. This study examined to what extent identifying with the heritage and/or host culture is an individual resource or risk factor for the adjustment of immigrant youth in Germany. A random sample of 15-17-year-olds (N = 1992; M_{age_w1} = 15.3 years, SD = 0.64; 44.5% girls; 44.7% students with immigrant background) was assessed twice: at the end of 9th and 10th grade. Academic performance and three dimensions of social/psychological adjustme

SUBMITTER: Baumert J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10764554 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature