TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schachner, Maja Katharina
A1  - Van de Vijver, Fons J. R.
A1  - Noack, Peter
T1  - Acculturation and School Adjustment of Early-Adolescent Immigrant Boys and Girls in Germany
BT  - Conditions in School, Family, and Ethnic Group
JF  - The Journal of Early Adolescence
N2  - Navigating between cultures in addition to developmental changes and challenges in early adolescence can be difficult. We investigated school, family, and ethnic group as conditions for acculturation and school adjustment among early-adolescent boys and girls. Analyses were based on 860 mostly second- and third-generation immigrant students from 71 countries (50% male; M-age = 11.59 years), attending German secondary schools. Perceived support for inclusion and integration in school and family were associated with a stronger orientation toward both cultures (integration) and better adjustment (e.g., higher school marks, more well-being). Perceived cultural distance and ethnic discrimination were associated with a stronger ethnic and weaker mainstream orientation (separation), and lower adjustment. Boys perceived contextual conditions more negatively, had a weaker mainstream orientation, and showed more behavioral problems but did not differ from girls in the associations between contextual conditions and acculturation and adjustment. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed.
KW  - acculturation
KW  - school adjustment
KW  - context
KW  - gender differences
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431616670991
SN  - 0272-4316
SN  - 1552-5449
VL  - 38
IS  - 3
SP  - 352
EP  - 384
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  -