Affective acculturation and psychological well-being of children: The case of children from multicultural families in Korea
- Authors
- Oh, Hyejeong; Kim, Jinho
- Issue Date
- 10월-2021
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- Affective acculturation; Depressive symptoms; Life satisfaction; Multicultural adolescents; School adjustment; South Korea
- Citation
- CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW, v.129
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
- Volume
- 129
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/136246
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106210
- ISSN
- 0190-7409
- Abstract
- Over the past two decades, there has been a growing number of immigrant-origin children and adolescents in South Korea, often referred to as multicultural adolescents. This study examines whether and how multicultural adolescents' affective acculturation shapes psychological well-being. Using data from the Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study (MAPS) 2012-2015, a nationally representative, longitudinal survey of multicultural adolescents and parents, this study uses fixed-effects regression models to reduce the chances of bias due to individual-level heterogeneity. Results suggest that affective attachment to the host country is positively associated with life satisfaction and negatively associated with depressive symptoms among multicultural adolescents. Results from Sobel-Goodman mediation tests suggest that school adjustment factors including friendships and engagement in learning activities explain nearly 60 percent of the association between affective acculturation and psychological well-being. Findings of this study suggest that efforts to facilitate the social incorporation of multicultural adolescents in schools would also improve their psychological well-being.
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