Acculturation strategies among Vietnamese-Americans

The present study tested the effects of four predictors (education, years i n the US, level of involvement with the American culture, and level of invo lvement with the Vietnamese culture) in predicting Vietnamese-Americans' ac culturation strategies which, in turn, predicted the Vietnamese-Americans' self-esteem. Berry's Acculturation Model was used as the theoretical tool t o identify the Vietnamese-Americans' predominant acculturation strategy. On e hundred thirty-eight participants from the Washington DC metropolitan are a and the Midwest US completed the Acculturation Questionnaire. Path analys es supported the strategies of integration, marginalization and separation acting as mediators between the four predictors and the dependent variable of self-esteem. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.