1. Objectifs

Intentions :
« In this paper, we examine the risk and protective factors that affect adolescents’ adaptation within immigrant families. Specifically, we consider how parents’ and adolescents’ acculturation orientations and parental socialization practices promote the adaptation of adolescents to the new society in two francophone receiving countries (France and Canada) and how they protect adolescents against the influence of discrimination. » (p. 160)

Questions/Hypothèses :
« We expected that parents’ acculturation orientations and parent-adolescent relationship would contribute, along with the adolescent’s acculturation orientations, to the adolescent’s psychological and sociocultural adaptation, and that these would counteract the effect of discrimination. We expected both similarities and differences across the two national contexts. » (p. 166)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
« Participants were 718 adolescents (53% girls) born in the country of settlement and their immigrant parents: 627 mothers (87% of the adolescents’ sample) and 518 fathers (72%). The sample was drawn from five ethnic groups living in the Paris area of France (N=395) and four ethnic groups living in the Montreal area of Canada (N=323) [...]. » (p. 166)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

« The psychological and socio-cultural adaptation of second-generation immigrant adolescents is a complex process. In addition to the normative developmental tasks of achieving a balance between individuation and familial connectedness, these adolescents have to deal with several cultural systems, the system of the national society and the one of their parents’ culture of origin. They also have to face discrimination. In this process, parents are important. The family is at the core of the process of acculturation and adaptation. Parents’ acculturation orientations and family climate do have an influence in both countries, but their influence is context related. The level of cultural diversity, the national policy concerning cultural diversity, and school and family practices and values all shape the process of adaptation of second-generation adolescents. This comparison of two receiving countries has revealed how the national context affects the need for familial cohesion, the strength of intergenerational transmission of values, and the role of parents as the primary agents of socialization. » (p. 181)