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Predicting Effects of Acculturation Strategies on Acculturative Stress


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1 Psychometrics Laboratory, School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
2 Department of Psychiatry, Raja Deosharn District Hospital, Jashpur Nagar, Chhattisgarh, India
     

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The objective of the present empirical piece of research work is to examine the predicting effects of acculturation strategies on acculturative stress. Following the incidental cum random sampling technique, 200 North Indian migrated students were drawn from the different college in Bangalore city of Karnataka, to serve as participants in the present research work. The correlational research design was employed. Hierarchical multiple regression models were used to examine the predicting effects of acculturation strategies on acculturative stress. The result of the study indicated that, separation and marginalization acculturation strategies were significant predictors of acculturative stress. It is concluded that there is sufficient empirical and statistical evidence of the prediction effects of acculturation strategies viz. separation and marginalization on acculturative stress.

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Acculturative Stress and Acculturation Strategies.
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Authors

Jita Behara
Psychometrics Laboratory, School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Khan Abraruzzaman Khan
Department of Psychiatry, Raja Deosharn District Hospital, Jashpur Nagar, Chhattisgarh, India
B. Hasan
Psychometrics Laboratory, School of Studies in Psychology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Abstract


The objective of the present empirical piece of research work is to examine the predicting effects of acculturation strategies on acculturative stress. Following the incidental cum random sampling technique, 200 North Indian migrated students were drawn from the different college in Bangalore city of Karnataka, to serve as participants in the present research work. The correlational research design was employed. Hierarchical multiple regression models were used to examine the predicting effects of acculturation strategies on acculturative stress. The result of the study indicated that, separation and marginalization acculturation strategies were significant predictors of acculturative stress. It is concluded that there is sufficient empirical and statistical evidence of the prediction effects of acculturation strategies viz. separation and marginalization on acculturative stress.

Keywords


Acculturative Stress and Acculturation Strategies.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2018%2Fv9i1%2F173739