acculturative
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- adjective
- /əˈkʌltʃərətɪv/
- Specialized
- To study sociocultural stress, researchers constructed the concept of acculturative stress and examined the relations between acculturative stress and mental health.
- acculturative stress
- acculturative level
- acculturative process
Examples
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Many of the adolescents have experienced emotional problems due to acculturative stress.
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Without the family providing emotional support, a more difficult acculturative experience is thus expected.
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Our second purpose was to determine the relationships among acculturative stress, anxiety, and depression.
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In the present study, acculturative stress was strongly associated with anxiety and depression.
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A purpose of our present study was to examine acculturative stress, anxiety, and depression within this group.
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We expected elevated levels of acculturative stress to be positively associated with high levels of anxiety and depression.
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On average, respondents experienced eight acculturative stressors after arriving in the United States.
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Migrant farm workers experiencing elevated levels of acculturative stress also experienced high anxiety and depression.
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Migrant farm workers with heightened levels of acculturative stress were more likely to report high levels of anxiety and depression.
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Many immigrants face significant acculturative challenges as they adapt to a new culture.
Synonyms
About people learning and taking parts of another culture
Surface Forms
Morphology
acculturative = acculturate (transparent) = ac + culture + ate + ive
Standard adjective formation from the verb 'acculturate' using the productive suffix '-ive', preserving the verb's meaning.
Etymology
Acculturative comes from the Latin parts ad- ('to') and cultura ('cultivate' or 'culture') and is related to English culture and cultivate. So something acculturative helps cultures 'grow' or change when people from different places meet.