Navigating cultural crossroads : a family-centered approach of studying acculturative stress and career identity among Filipino and Korean American youth
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Developing a career identity is essential for youths to experience career success in the later stages of their lives. However, it might be difficult for immigrant youth to explore and commit to a career because of the experiences of acculturative stressors. Using a large-scale survey dataset from the Midwest Longitudinal Study of Asian American Families (MLSAAF) project, I conducted latent profile analyses to determine whether there were distinct parent-youth acculturative profiles among Filipino American and Korean American parents and youth. I also conducted multigroup path analyses to see whether these profiles moderate the mediated relationships between acculturative stress and career identity via qin (i.e., parents' fostering youths' feelings of love and closeness to parents) and social support. The findings indicated that some parent-youth acculturative profiles reported greater intergenerational cultural conflict which then linked to less recognition of qin in the relationships, and in turn, less defined career identity. Some profiles also reported greater racial/ethnic discrimination which related to less experiences of social support which in turn predicted a lower sense of career identity. The findings advance scholarship on the career development and contextual factors prevalent in Filipino American and Korean American groups in the Midwest region. The findings also underscore the usefulness of applying an acculturation framework for career practitioners when assisting immigrant families.
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