Differences in processes of acculturation among adolescent immigrants in Israel and Germany [Elektronische Ressource] : development and use of a new instrument to assess acculturative hassles / von Peter Titzmann

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• Psychologie

Informations

• Publié par: friedrich-schiller-universitat_jena
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2005
• Nombre de lectures: 31
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Differences in Processes of Acculturation
among Adolescent Immigrants
in Israel and Germany

Development and Use of a New Instrument
to Assess Acculturative Hassles










Dissertation

zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades

Doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.)








vorgelegt dem Rat der Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften

der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

von Dipl. Psych. Peter Titzmann

geboren am 12.06.1973 in Elsterwerda


























Gutachter

1. Rainer K. Silbereisen
2. Gustavo Mesch
3. Eva Schmitt-Rodermund

Tag des Kolloquiums: 14.12.2005 Contents II
Contents
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1
2 Immigration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel and Germany .............. 7
2.1 A Short History: Ethnic Germans ................................................................... 8
2.2 ory: Russian Jews..................................................................... 10
2.3 Reasons of Emigration ................................................................................. 12
3 Acculturation and Acculturative Hassles........................................................ 15
3.1 The Structure of Experiences in Existing Research..................................... 16
3.2 Acculturative Hassles and General Acculturation Approaches.................... 19
3.2.1 in the Stress-Coping-Approach ......................... 20
3.2.2 and Group Processes........................................ 22
3.2.3 Acculturative Hassles and Cultural Learning Approaches.................... 24
3.2.4 Conceptualisations of Acculturative Hassles 25
4 Development of an Instrument to Assess Acculturative Hassles:
Four Studies ....................................................................................................... 28
A. Content of the Questionnaire ....................................................................... 28
B. Research Strategy........................................................................................ 34
4.1 Study I: Focus Groups.................................................................................. 35
4.1.1 Method .................................................................................................. 36
4.1.2 Sample 37
4.1.3 Results 38
4.1.4 Discussion............................................................................................. 40
4.2 Study II: Item Selection ................................................................................ 42
4.2.1 Method .................................................................................................. 44
4.2.1.1 Measure ................................................................................................ 44
4.2.1.2 Data Analysis........................................................................................ 45
4.2.2 Sample 46
4.2.3 Results 47 Contents III
4.2.3.1 Selection of Items ................................................................................. 47
4.2.3.2 Relation of acculturative hassles to length of stay................................ 49
4.2.3.3 Descriptive Statistics of the Domains ................................................... 51
4.2.4 Comparability in Israel .......................................................................... 53
4.2.5 Discussion............................................................................................. 55
4.3 Study III: Psychometric Properties ............................................................... 57
4.3.1 Criteria for Measurement Quality.......................................................... 58
4.3.1.1 Objectivity 58
4.3.1.2 Reliability............................................................................................... 58
4.3.1.3 Validity .................................................................................................. 59
4.3.2 Method 62
4.3.2.1 Measures .............................................................................................. 62
4.3.2.2 Procedure ............................................................................................. 64
4.3.2.3 Data analysis ........................................................................................ 66
4.3.3 Sample 66
4.3.4 Results .................................................................................................. 67
4.3.4.1 Factorial structure ................................................................................. 67
4.3.4.2 Reliability............................................................................................... 70
4.3.4.3 Validity 70
4.3.5 Discussion............................................................................................. 75
4.4 Study IV: Factor Structure and Comparability in Israel and Germany ......... 78
4.4.1 Method .................................................................................................. 79
4.4.1.1 Measures .............................................................................................. 79
4.4.1.2 Data Analysis........................................................................................ 80
4.4.2 Sample 82
4.4.3 Results 84
4.4.4 Discussion............................................................................................. 87
5 Acculturative Hassles of Adolescent Immigrants in Two Contexts:
Israel and Germany............................................................................................ 90
5.1 Theoretical Background ............................................................................... 90
5.1.1 Language Hassles ................................................................................ 97 Contents IV
5.1.2 Discrimination Hassles.......................................................................... 99
5.1.3 Social Adaptation Hassles .................................................................. 103
5.2 Methods...................................................................................................... 107
5.3 Sample ....................................................................................................... 107
5.4 Results........................................................................................................ 110
5.4.1 Language hassles............................................................................... 111
5.4.2 Discrimination hassles ........................................................................ 113
5.4.3 Social adaptation hassles ................................................................... 115
5.5 Discussion .................................................................................................. 117
5.5.1 General Remarks................................................................................ 117
5.5.2 Discussion of Specific Acculturative Hassles ..................................... 122
5.5.2.1 Language Hassles .............................................................................. 122
5.5.2.2 Discrimination Hassles........................................................................ 126
5.5.2.3 Social Adaptation Hassles .................................................................. 132
6 General Discussion ......................................................................................... 137
6.1 Limitations .................................................................................................. 137
6.2 Implications................................................................................................. 140
7 References........................................................................................................ 145
Appendix
Figures V
Figures
Figure 1: Number of immigrants to Israel and Germany (1965 – 2002)........................ 7
Figure 2: Number of ethnic Germans immigrating to Germany (1965 – 2002)........... 10
Figure 3: Different concepts of life experiences .......................................................... 17
Figure 4: Interrelations between major theoretical approaches of acculturation
and adaptation (from Ward, 2001)............................................................... 20
Figure 5: A framework for acculturation research, Berry (1997) ................................. 21
Figure 6: Studies for the construction of the acculturative hassles scale.................... 35
Figure 7: Frequency of acculturative hassles in the last 12 months of experienced
or newcomer adolescents in the eight domains .......................................... 51
Figure 8: Acculturative hassles of the experienced and newcomer group of ethnic
Germans in Germany .................................................................................. 71
Figure 9: Assimilation model as proposed by Esser (1980)........................................ 96
Figure 10: Age in the three g