National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
DIPF Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education.
J Res Adolesc. 2021 Dec;31(4):966-988. doi: 10.1111/jora.12656.
Resilient adaptation among immigrant youth provides the foundation for healthy and productive adult lives. Great diversity is observed in their adaptation. This diversity has been studied during the past decade from different angles and intellectual traditions. However, the results are disconnected. In this paper, first, we present a resilience conceptual model for understanding immigrant youth adaptation. We argue that its concepts and principles allow us to best pull together what is known and discover what is still unknown. Together with narrower topic-specific conceptual models, it can guide the formulation of hypotheses regarding immigrant youth resilience. Second, we examine comparatively, through the lens of this conceptual model, results of a content analysis on the abstracts of studies on individual differences in immigrant youth adaptation, conducted during the past decade in North American and European countries. Finally, we discuss the meaning of acculturation-related terms which are often used in an inconsistent way.
移民青年的适应能力为他们健康和富有成效的成年生活奠定了基础。他们的适应能力存在很大的差异。在过去的十年中，从不同的角度和知识传统对这种多样性进行了研究。然而，研究结果却彼此孤立。在本文中，首先，我们提出了一个理解移民青年适应能力的适应力概念模型。我们认为，它的概念和原则使我们能够最好地整合已知的知识，并发现仍然未知的知识。与更狭隘的特定主题的概念模型一起，它可以指导关于移民青年适应力的假设的制定。其次，我们通过这个概念模型的视角，对过去十年在北美和欧洲国家进行的关于移民青年适应能力个体差异的研究摘要进行内容分析的结果进行了比较性研究。最后，我们讨论了经常以不一致的方式使用的与文化适应相关的术语的含义。
