Cultural Immersion Camps and Development of Ethnic Identity in Asian American Youth Academic Article

abstract

• The purpose of this study was to explore camp outcomes specialized in ethnic identity among Asian American youth after they participated in a residential cultural immersion camp. In this study, the cultural immersion camp is viewed as a mediating factor that channels other influences in such a way as to guide Asian American youth to commit more expressly and more fully to their perception of ethnic identity. The results obtained from 3 cultural immersion camps located in the Western United States reveals that cultural immersion camp experiences significantly increase perceived levels of ethnic identity among Asian American youth. Implications of cultural immersion camp on the development of Asian American youth are discussed.

authors

• Matarrita-Cascante, David

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

altmetric score

• 31

author list (cited authors)

• Wu, Y., Outley, C., & Matarrita-Cascante, D.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Wu, Yi-Ju||Outley, Corliss||Matarrita-Cascante, David

publication date

• January 2019

publisher

• University Library System, University of Pittsburgh  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Youth Development  Journal

keywords

• Asian American Youth
• Cultural Immersion Camp
• Ethnic Identity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.5195/jyd.2019.708

start page

• 166

end page

• 182

volume

• 14

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2019.708