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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

I was a presenter at the Juneau–Gastineau Rotary Club in January 2020, speaking on “Several sanctioned avenues for immigration to the United States.” At the end of my presentation, an attendee asked a ...

peers and teachers or good relationships b etween the students and their families or communities. Furthermore, Salloumk et al. (2020) highlight how teachers use the local language as a power device in ...