Developemental perspective Flashcards
We propose an integrative model for the adaptation of immigrant-origin children and youth
that combines …2
ecological with risk and resilience frameworks
Immigrant-origin children and youth acroynym
(IOC&Y)
This integrative risk and resilience model for understanding IOC&Y (see Figure 1) takes a multilevel approach and
is influenced by the following theoretical frameworks:
Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model of human development, García Coll and colleagues’ integrative model for the study of developmental
competencies in minority children, Masten’s risk and resilience developmental framework
Motti-Stefanidi and colleagues’ integrative framework for the study of immigrant-origin children and youth adaptation from a resilience developmental
perspective
The present model integrates ideas from these conceptual
traditions and extends beyond them by including the … 2
global
level of context (representing the forces of globalization), as
well as characteristics of contexts related to undocumented
immigrants and refugee youth.
Last, the present model offers a conceptual
framework emphasizing the positive adaptation of IOC&Y
in …3, which
are specific to immigrant-origin children and youth
(a) developmental tasks; (b) psychological adjustment
(which all youth face); and (c) acculturative tasks
psyc adjustement: a differentiation
between…2 in
terms of psychological adjustment has been demonstrated
“doing well” in school and not “feeling well” (successfully cope at the surface while suffering from underlying distress that may not be detected by teachers or peers.)
presenting children
with many tasks of … (i.e., the process of adopting the cultural and social patterns of the receiving community) while also engaging in …. (i.e., the process
of practicing cultural and social patterns of the family’s
culture of origin).
acculturation, enculturation
s, IOC&Y, more than their nonimmigrant-origin
peers, must develop cultural competence t or f
t
what is cultural competence
Cultural competence therefore is a task that involves the
acquisition of the knowledge and skills of both the culture
of origin and the receiving community’s culture
Relations Among Adaptation Indices- how are they linked
The links between
acculturative tasks, on the one hand, and developmental
tasks and well-being, on the other: suggested that learning and
maintaining both ethnic and national cultures is linked to
better developmental outcomes and psychological wellbeing
orientation toward the host culture predicted changes in selfefficacy and not vice versa
t
the acquisition
of acculturative tasks may function over time as a resource
for IOC&Y’s …
developmental tasks.
The authors argue that these factors can interact in … ways to affect the adaptation of immigrant-origin children and youth
complex
some of the challenges that immigrant-origin children and youth face, including …3
discrimination, acculturation stress, and the need to navigate multiple cultural contexts.
3 indices of positive adaptation?
accuturative tasks, developmental tasks and wellbeing