TY - JOUR

T1 - Transition to a New Country

T2 - Acculturative and Developmental Predictors for Changes in Self-Efficacy among Adolescent Immigrants

AU - Titzmann, Peter F.

AU - Jugert, Philipp

N1 - Funding Information: We thank Rainer K. Silbereisen for support with the data, and both Burkhard Gniewosz and Andrea Michel for advice regarding the methodology. This project was funded through the German Israeli Project Cooperation (DIP-4.1) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung). Principal investigators: Rainer K. Silbereisen, Gideon Fishman, Gustavo Mesch, and Zvi Eisikovits.

PY - 2017/10

Y1 - 2017/10

N2 - Self-efficacy is a key personal resource in individual development and successful adaptation, and it can serve innumerable purposes. Our study investigated levels and change rates in self-efficacy among newcomer and more experienced immigrant adolescents and tested whether acculturation-related and developmental variables explained inter-individual differences in self-efficacy in both groups. The sample comprised 480 newcomer (59% female, 15.8 years old) and 483 experienced (55% female, 15.9 years old) immigrant adolescents, assessed in four annual waves. Latent growth curve models showed newcomers to have lower levels and more pronounced increases of self-efficacy as compared to experienced immigrant adolescents. Both acculturation-related and developmental variables predicted self-efficacy. The results highlight the need for focusing on immigration stages and support the notion of combining developmental and acculturative factors in the study of immigrant adolescents.

AB - Self-efficacy is a key personal resource in individual development and successful adaptation, and it can serve innumerable purposes. Our study investigated levels and change rates in self-efficacy among newcomer and more experienced immigrant adolescents and tested whether acculturation-related and developmental variables explained inter-individual differences in self-efficacy in both groups. The sample comprised 480 newcomer (59% female, 15.8 years old) and 483 experienced (55% female, 15.9 years old) immigrant adolescents, assessed in four annual waves. Latent growth curve models showed newcomers to have lower levels and more pronounced increases of self-efficacy as compared to experienced immigrant adolescents. Both acculturation-related and developmental variables predicted self-efficacy. The results highlight the need for focusing on immigration stages and support the notion of combining developmental and acculturative factors in the study of immigrant adolescents.

KW - Acculturation

KW - Adolescence

KW - Adolescent immigrants

KW - Developmental transition

KW - Self-efficacy

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017180489&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s10964-017-0665-9

DO - 10.1007/s10964-017-0665-9

M3 - Article

C2 - 28378094

AN - SCOPUS:85017180489

VL - 46

SP - 2143

EP - 2156

JO - Journal of Youth and Adolescence

JF - Journal of Youth and Adolescence

SN - 0047-2891

IS - 10

ER -