Living In-Between: The Acculturation Patterns of Undocumented Youth in the United States.

The purpose of this study was to use a multilevel analysis to learn how individual and contextual factors affected the acculturation processes of undocumented immigrants in the United States. It relied on Berry's (1990) and Kim's (2005) theories of acculturation, which have not been previously applied to undocumented immigrants. The findings validate the use of Berry's theory. In addition, several other key findings related several individual-level variables to various acculturation patterns. In addition, certain contextual factors may have moderating effects on the relationships between factors of communication and acculturation patterns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]