Acculturation Gaps among Afghan Refugee Families in Canada: Implications for Family Relationships, Adaptation Outcomes and Subjective Wellbeing of Emerging Adults

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dc.contributor.advisorSafdar, Saba
dc.contributor.authorSoltan, Hajar
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-10T18:34:51Z
dc.date.available2023-01-10T18:34:51Z
dc.date.copyright2023-01
dc.date.created2022-12-22
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Guelphen
dc.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
dc.degree.programmePsychologyen_US
dc.description.abstractThe present study applied and extended the acculturation gap-distress model to a sample of Afghan emerging adults and their parents living in Canada. Using two different methods to operationalize the “gap”, the impact of acculturation gaps on family relationships, adaptation outcomes and subjective wellbeing of Afghan emerging adults were examined. Acculturation was evaluated with regard to both Canadian and Afghan cultures, and independently for the language, identity, and behavioural domains of acculturation. Three themes emerged in the results : a) emerging adults’ proficiency in Farsi language and higher identification with Afghan culture are important factors behind their family relationships, adaptation outcomes and subjective wellbeing b) parents’ identification with the Canadian culture is an important factor behind emerging adults’ psychological adaptation and subjective wellbeing c) The parent-emerging adult gap in Canadian identity acculturation was the only type of gap associated with emerging adults’ lower reports of family cohesion.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10214/27401
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Guelphen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectAcculturation Gapen_US
dc.subjectAfghan Migrantsen_US
dc.subjectEmerging Adultsen_US
dc.titleAcculturation Gaps among Afghan Refugee Families in Canada: Implications for Family Relationships, Adaptation Outcomes and Subjective Wellbeing of Emerging Adultsen_US
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