Acculturative stress is like the tension you feel when you're trying to juggle two different sets of rules at the same time. Imagine you're playing a game of basketball but half the players are following soccer rules. Frustrating, right? It's the biopsychosocial difficulties people face when adapting to a new cultural context. Think of it as a twin to culture shock or psychic shock.🏀⚽️

Acculturative stress is like the annoying cousin to chronic stress, and we know from Unit 6 that chronic stress can lead to issues like obesity, substance abuse, and cardiovascular disease. It's a bit like if you spent too much time with a cousin who constantly gives you bad advice, you might pick up some unhealthy habits.

Just like not everyone gets the flu during flu season, not everyone experiences acculturative stress. Protective factors, kinda like cultural flu shots, can help ward it off. These include affluence (💰), social support (👫), and how similar the old and new cultures are. It's like moving from New York to Los Angeles (🗽➡️🎬) versus moving from New York to Tokyo (🗽➡️🗼)!

Things can get tricky when there's conflict between acculturation strategies within a non-dominant group. Picture a group of friends arguing over the best strategy to win a board game 🎲 - it can get messy. A harsh example would be the Shafia "honour killings" in Canada.