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Longitudinal Changes in Acculturation for Immigrant Women From the Former Soviet Union

University of Illinois at Chicago

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	Abstract

Most research on immigrant acculturation has been conducted with cross-sectional samples, using statistical designs that may not capture different trajectories for the components that contribute to this complex concept. The purpose of this study was to examine change over time in acculturation for 226 women from the former Soviet Union who had lived in the United States fewer than 8 years when recruited. Using self-report data from four annual waves, growth trajectories were examined in four components of acculturation (American behavior, Russian behavior, English language proficiency, and cultural generativity). Results indicate that these components changed at varying rates. Acculturation is a process with multiple distinct components that should be measured separately to obtain a full profile of change over time.

First published on February 18, 2009, doi:10.1177/0022022108330987

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2009;40:400.

A more recent version of this article appeared on May 1, 2009


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