Remote acculturation of early adolescents in Jamaica towards European American culture: A replication and extension |
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| Institution: | 1. Equity Research and Innovation Center, Yale School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208093, New Haven, CT, United States;2. University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, United States;3. University of South Florida, Health Informatics Institute, Tampa, FL, United States;4. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Pediatrics and Arkansas Children''s Hospital Research Institute, Little Rock, AR, United States;5. University of Alberta, Department of Medicine, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;6. University of South Florida, Department of Anthropology, Tampa, FL, United States;7. University of South Florida, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tampa, FL, United States;8. University of South Florida, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Tampa, FL, United States;1. UWA Business School, Department of Marketing, The University of Western Australia, Australia;2. UWA Business School, Department of Marketing, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia;3. UWA Business School, Department of Marketing, The University of Western Australia (M263), 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia;4. Department of Marketing, The University of Western Australia (M263), 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Remote acculturation is a modern form of non-immigrant acculturation identified among early adolescents in Jamaica as “Americanization”. This study aimed to replicate the original remote acculturation findings in a new cohort of early adolescents in Jamaica (n = 222; M = 12.08 years) and to extend our understanding of remote acculturation by investigating potential vehicles of indirect and intermittent intercultural contact. Cluster analyses replicated prior findings: relative to Traditional Jamaican adolescents (62%), Americanized Jamaican adolescents (38%) reported stronger European American cultural orientation, lower Jamaican orientation, lower family obligations, and greater conflict with parents. More U.S. media (girls) and less local media and local sports (all) were the primary vehicles of intercultural contact predicting higher odds of Americanization. U.S. food, U.S. tourism, and transnational communication were also linked to U.S. orientation. Findings have implications for acculturation research and for practice and policy targeting Caribbean youth and families. |
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| Keywords: | Globalization Tridimensional acculturation Immigration Caribbean/West Indian Media Fast food |
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