Caught Between Two Worlds: Understanding the Cultural Integration Process
Runtime - 42 minutes
 
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Dr. Milton A. Fuentes presents at the 2014 Teachers College Annual Winter Roundtable at Columbia University.

Every year a little over a million people migrate to the United States and research suggests that each individual has their own unique translocation and acculturative process. While experts agree that the acculturative process is complex, research finds that the cultural integration or biculturalism is often correlated with favorable psychological outcomes. In this presentation, Dr. Fuentes shares his research findings from a qualitative study with 100 participants, who self-identified as bicultural. This presentation delineates the personal, social, familial, and psychological factors associated with the cultural integration process.