dc.contributor.author	Edwards, Cherie D.	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Creamer, Elizabeth G.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Kniola, David J.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Robbins, Claire K.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Schmitz, Cathryne	en
dc.contributor.department	Educational Leadership and Policy Studies	en
dc.date.accessioned	2017-06-21T08:00:40Z	en
dc.date.available	2017-06-21T08:00:40Z	en
dc.date.issued	2017-06-20	en
dc.description.abstract	Extending far beyond migration to a new home, the cultural, emotional, and mental plight of immigration plagues immigrants and refugees of all ages. Nonetheless, immigrant youth are commonly overlooked in acculturation studies. This mixed methods approach to arts-informed research examined the acculturation strategies adopted by immigrant and refugee youth attending community-based programs. Through the use of participant drawings, the think-aloud technique, and the Acculturation, Habits, and Interests Multicultural Scale for Adolescents (AHIMSA) instrument, this research also examines the ways in which immigrant and refugee participants communicate their cultural paradigms. The findings emerging from this study illustrate that immigrant and refugee youth cope with cultural transitions through varied approaches that integrate expressions of individuality and cultural behaviors. By exploring six key findings, this study contributes to literature examining acculturation in youth populations as it provides an analysis of cultural transition that expands beyond traditional examinations of cultural behaviors, and highlights the importance of expressing individuality, values, and interests, in the acculturation process of immigrant youth.	en
dc.description.abstractgeneral	Extending far beyond migration to a new home, the cultural, emotional, and mental plight of immigration plagues immigrants and refugees of all ages. Nonetheless, immigrant youth are commonly overlooked in acculturation studies. This mixed methods research study uses participant drawings, the think-aloud approach, and the Acculturation, Habits, and Interests Multicultural Scale for Adolescents (AHIMSA) instrument to examine the acculturation strategies adopted by immigrant and refugee youth attending community-based afterschool programs. The findings of this study suggest that immigrant and refugee youth cope with cultural transitions through varied approaches that integrate expressions of individuality and cultural behaviors. Exploring six key findings, this study contributes to the literature examining acculturation in youth populations as it provides analysis of cultural transitions that expands beyond traditional examinations of cultural behaviors and highlights the importance of expressing individuality, values, and interests.	en
dc.description.degree	Ph. D.	en
dc.format.medium	ETD	en
dc.identifier.other	vt_gsexam:11933	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78229	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	arts-informed research	en
dc.subject	mixed methods research	en
dc.subject	youth acculturation	en
dc.subject	expressions of individuality	en
dc.subject	individuality in acculturation	en
dc.title	Examining Acculturation Strategies in Immigrant and Refugee Youth: A Mixed Methods Approach to Arts-Informed Research	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Educational Research and Evaluation	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	doctoral	en
thesis.degree.name	Ph. D.	en

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