The Relationship Between Print Literacy, Acculturation And Acculturative Stress Among Mexican Immigrant Women

<p>Abstract</p> <p>THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINT LITERACY, ACCULTURATION, AND ACCULTURATIVE STRESS AMONG MEXICAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN</p> <p>by</p> <p>ALEXANDER MODESTO CINTRON</p> <p>March 2013</p> <p>Advisor: Navaz Peshotan Bhavnagri</p> <p>Major: Curriculum and Instruction</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to examine print literacy, acculturation, and acculturative stress among one-hundred and six Mexican immigrant women participating in a family literacy program. The two hypotheses were: (1.) There is a relationship between (a) print literacy as measured by the Print Literacy Questionnaire and (b) acculturation as measured by the Multidimensional Acculturation Scale, and (2.) There is a relationship between (a) print literacy as measured by the Print Literacy Questionnaire and (b) acculturative stress as measured by the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory. This study applied canonical correlation and multiple regression analyses. Statistically significant (p<.05) findings supported the first hypothesis. The findings for the second hypothesis were not significant (p=.725). Two additional findings for the first hypothesis were: (1.) that adult reading and writing in English related to American acculturation; and (2.) that parents reading and writing in English to their child/children related to American acculturation. This study suggested four recommendations for future research. Educational implications from this study are that promoting Mexican immigrant women reading and writing in English by themselves and to their child/children influences American acculturation.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Curriculum and Instruction

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Cintron, Alexander Modesto

Contributors dc:contributor

• Navaz P. Bhavnagri

• acculturation
• acculturative stress
• American
• Mexican-immigrant
• print literacy
• women
• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• American Studies
• Curriculum and Instruction

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/643

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oai:digitalcommons.wayne.edu:oa_dissertations-1642