Acculturation measures focus on the perceived composition of a person's social networks as a characteristic of cultural change but have not focused on specific social relationships as sources of evaluation. The current study explores network-derived indicators of acculturation and determines the viability of network acculturation as a related, but distinct, construct from enculturation. A first-order ego network electronic survey design was used to gather social network and traditional survey data from a sample of college-enrolled Latinxs using name generator and name interpreter questions. Findings indicate low but statistically significant correlations between network indicators of acculturation and enculturation as hypothesized. No group differences in network acculturation were observed between generational statuses despite demonstrated differences in psychological enculturation. The low but statistically significant relationships between enculturation and network acculturation suggest conceptually related but distinct indicators of acculturation. Latinx homophily was the strongest predictor of enculturation, revealing the importance of network characteristics.

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探索大学入学拉丁裔文化适应的网络衍生指标：检查支持网络中的语言使用和同质性

文化适应措施侧重于作为文化变化特征的个人社交网络的感知组成，但并未侧重于作为评估来源的特定社会关系。当前的研究探索了网络衍生的文化适应指标，并确定了网络文化适应作为与文化适应相关但又截然不同的结构的可行性。一阶自我网络电子调查设计用于使用姓名生成器和姓名解释器问题从大学入学的拉丁裔样本中收集社交网络和传统调查数据。调查结果表明，文化适应和文化适应的网络指标之间的相关性较低，但具有统计学意义，正如假设的那样。尽管在心理适应方面存在差异，但在代际状态之间没有观察到网络适应方面的群体差异。文化适应和网络文化适应之间的低但统计上显着的关系表明文化适应的概念相关但不同的指标。Latinx homophily 是文化融合的最强预测因子，揭示了网络特征的重要性。