@article{4dabd6c697c242559bc84629e5d3a4b4,
title = "{"}Entre Dos Mundos{"} (Between Two Worlds): Bicultural skills training with Latino immigrant families",
abstract = "This paper focuses on the acculturation model of second-culture-acquisition for Latino immigrants. Two theoretical frameworks, assimilation and alternation theories, are compared within the acculturation model. Empirical research findings suggest that assimilation is a risk factor for increases in negative health behaviors and mental health problems. Conversely, biculturalism appears to be an emerging protective factor that buffers assimilation stress, enhances socio-cognitive functioning, and increases academic achievement. A review of bicultural skills training interventions shows these programs are effective in decreasing the risk for problematic behavior. Finally, a refined model of bicultural skills training for Latino immigrant families is proposed based on the acculturation research literature and extensive interviews with Latino families in North Carolina.",
keywords = "Acculturation, Assimilation, Biculturalism, Immigrants, Intervention, Latino",
author = "Bacallao, {Martica L.} and Smokowski, {Paul R.}",
note = "Funding Information: The Parent-Teen Biculturalism Project (PTBP), located in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill{\textquoteright}s School of Social Work, is a research project aimed at preventing youth violence by promoting bicultural skills in immigrant Latino families. The evolution of this research project has followed Thomas and Rothman{\textquoteright}s (1994) stages of intervention design and development. With project funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PTBP staff collected in-depth interview data from 100 Latino immigrant families. These data were used to map risk and protective factors for immigrant Latino families and to identify local intervention needs; it guided us in designing an acculturation-based family intervention program that is responsive to the socio-political context for Latino immigrant families in North Carolina. These activities fit into Thomas and Rothman{\textquoteright}s (1994) information gathering and synthesis stage. Funding Information: This research was supported by grant number R49/CCR421722-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention{\textquoteright}s National Injury Prevention Center. Martica L. Bacallao, M.S.S.W., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Paul R. Smokowski, Ph.D., is Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work. Copyright: Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2005",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1007/s10935-005-0008-6",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "26",
pages = "485--509",
journal = "Journal of Primary Prevention",
issn = "0278-095X",
publisher = "Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc.",
number = "6",
}