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acculturation of immigrants  

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  • Individuals' healthy behavior and development result from mutually beneficial exchanges between them and their contexts, as well as from a goodness of fit between the two (e.g., see Lerner, 2002, for discussion). Migrants' ability (or inability) to adjust to a new cultural setting is often discussed in terms of their acculturation to the new context. [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Immigrants, Acculturation of]

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