One day [months] ago, on the same day the Puerto Rican Day parade took place, I found myself in Spanish Harlem, a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood in New York City. I was eating tacos at one of the ...

J Prim Prev. 2009;30(3):215-263. In contrast to the unidirectional assimilation approach, the bidirectional approach considers enculturation (i.e., adoption and maintenance of behaviors, norms, values ...

A new study has revealed how acculturation - the process of assimilating to a different culture - can affect the dietary patterns of adolescents who move to the U.S. The researchers found that being ...

Every time we hear or read "Hispanic market," we also hear the tagline "acculturation level." So what is acculturation, and why is it important to take it into consideration? By definition, ...

In the world of social and cultural psychology, John W. Berry needs no introduction. The very field of acculturation owes a great deal to him and his four-fold model of acculturation strategies. 1-3 ...

I was a presenter at the Juneau–Gastineau Rotary Club in January 2020, speaking on “Several sanctioned avenues for immigration to the United States.” At the end of my presentation, an attendee asked a ...

Muslims growing up in western countries have to juggle competing cultural influences. This process may hold the key to defeating radicalisation As the dust settles on the traumatising attack in ...