Kim Bryan S K, Omizo Michael M
Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Asian Am J Psychol. 2010 Sep 1;1(3):175-185. doi: 10.1037/a0021125.
The study examined behavioral enculturation to Asian culture and behavioral acculturation to the dominant European American culture and their possible relations to positive psychological functioning among Asian American adolescents. Positive psychological functioning was operationalized using measures of general self-efficacy, cognitive flexibility, collective self-esteem, and attitudes toward seeking help. Based on data from 112 Asian American high school students in Hawaii, the results did not support the hypothesis that both high behavioral enculturation and acculturation would be related to positive psychological functioning. However, post hoc examination of the results revealed that enculturation was positively associated with general self-efficacy, cognitive flexibility, and the collective self-esteem dimensions of membership, private, and importance-to-identity. Also, acculturation was negatively associated with the importance-to-identity dimension. Implications for research and practice with Asian American adolescents are discussed.
该研究考察了亚裔美国青少年对亚洲文化的行为文化适应以及对占主导地位的欧美文化的行为文化适应，以及它们与积极心理功能之间可能存在的关系。积极心理功能通过一般自我效能感、认知灵活性、集体自尊以及寻求帮助的态度等指标来衡量。基于对夏威夷112名亚裔美国高中生的数据，研究结果并不支持高行为文化适应和文化适应都与积极心理功能相关的假设。然而，对结果的事后检验表明，文化适应与一般自我效能感、认知灵活性以及成员身份、私密性和身份重要性等集体自尊维度呈正相关。此外，文化适应与身份重要性维度呈负相关。文中还讨论了对亚裔美国青少年研究和实践的启示。
