Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Social Sciences, Humanities and Education
Year: 2024
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Understanding Intergenerational Acculturation Gap in Korean Multicultural Families: A Bidimensional Acculturation and Ecological Systems
Prof. Haejin Shin
ABSTRACT:
Cultural conflict between parents and their children is considered one of the main sources of stress, especially among children and adolescents from multicultural families. Children and adolescents from multicultural families are one of the fastest growing school-aged groups in Korea. This study explores a conceptual framework that supports an in-depth understanding of the intergenerational acculturation gap among Korean children and adolescent multicultural families. To be specific, this article includes a) an overview of issues regarding the intergenerational acculturation gap, b) discussion of a conceptual framework to examine the intergenerational acculturation gap, c) application of the conceptual frameworks to parents and their children and adolescents in Korean multicultural families. This study particularly adopted Berry’s bidimensional acculturation theory and Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory. In addition, the current study incorporated unique features of social and cultural environments that affect Korean multicultural families. Such contextualized framework may contribute to creating culturally responsive interventions and education policies for many children and adolescents from Korean multicultural families, who struggle not only with general developmental challenges but also with intergenerational cultural conflicts.
keywords: intergenerational acculturation gap, bidimensional acculturation theory, ecological systems perspective, Korean multicultural families