One day [months] ago, on the same day the Puerto Rican Day parade took place, I found myself in Spanish Harlem, a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood in New York City. I was eating tacos at one of the ...

Hawazin Alhawsaw sees culture shock as a normal part of the acculturation process for Arab refugees settling in Canada. Alhawsaw, a master's student in Nursing, was talking with a friend about her ...

J Prim Prev. 2009;30(3):215-263. In contrast to the unidirectional assimilation approach, the bidirectional approach considers enculturation (i.e., adoption and maintenance of behaviors, norms, values ...

A new study has revealed how acculturation - the process of assimilating to a different culture - can affect the dietary patterns of adolescents who move to the U.S. The researchers found that being ...

Ethnic identity and acculturation is a multidisciplinary research field. It is not easy for researchers to gain a panoramic view of the knowledge structure in this field. The bibliometric of knowledge ...

Every time we hear or read "Hispanic market," we also hear the tagline "acculturation level." So what is acculturation, and why is it important to take it into consideration? By definition, ...

In the world of social and cultural psychology, John W. Berry needs no introduction. The very field of acculturation owes a great deal to him and his four-fold model of acculturation strategies. 1-3 ...

Muslims growing up in western countries have to juggle competing cultural influences. This process may hold the key to defeating radicalisation As the dust settles on the traumatising attack in ...