Acculturation theories and research find that both new culture acquisition and heritage culture attachment are associated with positive outcomes. However, gender-related analyses are rare. In this mixed-method study of 73 Asian Indian American women who were first- or second-generation immigrants from Kerala, India, those classified as behaviorally bicultural, assimilated, separated, or marginalized did not differ significantly in well-being. Being older and married was related to higher self-esteem; unmarried women reported more Kerala attitudinal marginalization. With age, marital status, immigrant generation, and both cultural behavioral orientations controlled, Kerala attitudinal marginalization (but not Anglo attitudinal marginalization) correlated moderately with both lower self-esteem and more severe depressive symptoms. Content analysis of open-ended question data suggested associations among more intricate and multifaceted acculturation processes and psychological well-being via the rewards and challenges the women described. Attaining the "best of both worlds" that some mentioned meant selective adoption and rejection of facets of each culture: family connectedness and control, freedom and moral decline, opportunity, and discrimination. For these women, status-related characteristics (being younger and single representing lower status), discrimination experiences, and attitudinal rejection of their heritage culture (although it accords women lower status than men) had negative psychological outcomes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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美国亚裔印度妇女的适应过程和心理健康：一项混合方法研究。

文化适应理论和研究发现，新文化习得和遗产文化依恋都与积极成果相关。但是，与性别相关的分析很少。在这项针对73名来自印度喀拉拉邦的第一代或第二代移民的亚裔印度裔女性的混合方法研究中，被归类为行为上双重文化，同化，分离或边缘化的女性在幸福感上没有显着差异。长大和结婚与更高的自尊有关；未婚妇女报告喀拉拉邦态度边缘化程度更高。随着年龄，婚姻状况，移民产生以及两种文化行为取向的控制，喀拉拉邦态度边缘化（而不是盎格鲁态度边缘化）与较低的自尊和更严重的抑郁症状相关。对开放式问题数据的内容分析表明，通过描述的女性所获得的奖励和挑战，更加复杂和多方面的适应过程与心理健康之间存在关联。达到某些人提到的“两全其美”意味着选择性地接受和拒绝每种文化的方面：家庭联系和控制，自由与道德沦丧，机会和歧视。对于这些妇女，与地位相关的特征（年轻和单身代表较低的地位），歧视经历以及对传统文化的态度排斥（尽管这比女性的地位低于男性）对心理产生了负面影响。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。