Department of Gerontology, 14708University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA.
Department of Child Development and Family Studies, 26725Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Res Aging. 2023 Jan;45(1):104-114. doi: 10.1177/01640275221113036. Epub 2022 Jul 6.
Political civic participation is an important dimension of engagement in adulthood, but low rates are often reported among middle-aged and older Asian American immigrants. Acculturation to American culture has been associated with more civic participation, yet little is understood about how informal social contexts may play an additional role in these relationships. Using data from the 2015 survey, this study examined how political civic participation was associated with acculturation and social contexts in a diverse sample of Asian Americans aged 40 and above in Central Texas. Negative binomial regression results indicated that years lived in the U.S. familiarity with American culture, and friend network size were associated with more political participation. Furthermore, social contexts such as larger friend networks exhibited potential to shape how one's adjustment to life in the U.S. is related to their political participation.
政治公民参与是成年后参与的一个重要方面，但在中年和老年亚裔美国移民中，这一比例通常较低。对美国文化的同化与更多的公民参与有关，但对于非正式的社会环境如何在这些关系中发挥额外的作用，人们知之甚少。本研究使用 2015 年调查的数据，在德克萨斯州中部一个多样化的 40 岁及以上亚裔美国人样本中，考察了政治公民参与与文化同化和社会环境之间的关系。负二项回归结果表明，在美国生活的年限、对美国文化的熟悉程度以及朋友圈的大小与更多的政治参与有关。此外，更大的朋友圈等社会环境有可能塑造一个人对美国生活的适应程度与他们的政治参与之间的关系。
