"Our Differences Don't Separate Us": Immigrant Families Navigate Intrafamilial Acculturation Gaps Through Diverse Resilience Processes

S. Buckingham, A. Brodsky, B. County
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In light of mixed findings regarding the valence of outcomes associated with acculturation gaps in mixed-generation immigrant families, this research adopted a qualitative methodology to explore the rich complexity of acculturation gaps and their navigation. Through multiple individual, dyadic, and family semistructured interviews with 2 mixed-generation Salvadoran immigrant families living in the United States, this study explored the ways in which families (a) described and understood their acculturation gaps, (b) determined whether gaps were benign, potentially problematic, or useful for the family, and (c) navigated gaps depending on their determined valence. The individual and family narratives were analyzed through constructivist grounded theory, guided by the theories of acculturation gap-distress (Lau et al., 2005; Portes & Rumbaut, 1996) and family resilience (Walsh, 2003). This research revealed that acculturation gaps can exist among all family members and that although families described gaps in terms of differences in overt behavioral practices, only those discrepant practices that were related to underlying value or identification differences were considered potentially problematic. The families were seen to use their belief systems, organizational patterns, communication and problem-solving strategies, and methods of escape to effectively navigate these gaps in 18 diverse ways depending upon the gaps’ valences. This study suggests that (a) a family resilience model can be applied to the study of acculturation gaps, (b) expansion of such model as applied to acculturation gaps may be indicated, and (c) such model may provide insight into why some families with acculturation gaps experience negative outcomes whereas others flourish.
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“我们的差异不会把我们分开”:移民家庭通过不同的适应过程来应对家庭内部的文化适应差距
鉴于混合移民家庭中与文化适应差距相关的结果效价的混合发现,本研究采用定性方法来探索文化适应差距及其导航的丰富复杂性。通过对生活在美国的两个混血萨尔瓦多移民家庭的多次个人、二元和家庭半结构化访谈,本研究探讨了家庭(a)描述和理解他们的文化适应差距的方式,(b)确定差距是良性的,潜在的问题,还是对家庭有用的,以及(c)根据他们确定的效价来处理差距。在文化适应差距-窘迫理论的指导下,通过建构主义理论分析了个人和家庭叙事(Lau et al., 2005;Portes & Rumbaut, 1996)和家庭弹性(Walsh, 2003)。本研究表明,文化适应差距可能存在于所有家庭成员中,尽管家庭以公开行为实践的差异来描述差异,但只有那些与潜在价值或认同差异相关的差异实践被认为是潜在的问题。这些家庭使用他们的信仰体系、组织模式、沟通和解决问题的策略,以及逃避的方法,根据差距的价值,以18种不同的方式有效地穿越这些差距。本研究表明:(a)家庭弹性模型可以应用于文化适应差距的研究,(b)可以将该模型应用于文化适应差距的扩展,以及(c)该模型可以深入了解为什么一些具有文化适应差距的家庭经历负面结果,而另一些家庭则蓬勃发展。
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