International Journal of Psychology, 2015 DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12191 I am AmeriBritSouthAfrican-Zambian: Multidimensional remote acculturation and well-being among urban Zambian adolescents Yuna L. Ferguson 1 , Kim T. Ferguson 2 , and Gail M. Ferguson 3 1 Department of Psychology, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, USA 2 Department of Psychology, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, USA 3 Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA O ne impact of globalisation is that adolescents today are frequently exposed to the values, attitudes and norms of other nations without leaving their own backyards. This may lead to remote acculturation—cultural and psychological changes experienced by non-migrant individuals having indirect and/or intermittent contact with a geographically separate culture. Using quantitative and qualitative data, we examined multidimensional remote acculturation among 83 urban Zambian adolescents who are routinely exposed to U.S., U.K. and South African cultures through traditional and social media and materials/goods. Cluster analyses showed 2 distinct groups of adolescents. “Traditional Zambians, TZs” (55.4%) were signifcantly more oriented towards Zambian culture and reported a higher level of obligation to their families and greater interdependent self-construal compared with “Westernised Multicultural Zambians, WMZs” (44.6%), who were more oriented towards U.S., U.K. and South African cultures. Furthermore, remote acculturation predicted somewhat lower life satisfaction among WMZs. These results demonstrate that individuals’ behaviours, values and identity may be infuenced by multiple geographically distant cultures simultaneously and may be associated with psychological costs. Keywords: Remote acculturation; Zambians; Globalisation; Self-construal; Well-being; Adolescents. Remote acculturation is a modern form of acculturation resulting from globalisation, whereby individuals adopt the practices, values and identities of foreign cultures in which they have never lived (Ferguson & Bornstein, 2012). In this study, we extend these fndings with a sample of understudied adolescents growing up in urban Zambia, an ideal location to examine remote accultura- tion. Owing to Zambia’s recent economic development and the infux of foreign goods and media, as well as increasing internet use, adolescents in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, currently have unprecedented access to international infuences from multiple nations. This multinational infuence allows us to test the possibility of multidimensional remote acculturation—that urban Zambian adolescents become oriented towards multiple Correspondence should be addressed to Yuna Ferguson, Department of Psychology, Truman State University, 100 East Normal Avenue, Kirksville, MO 63501, USA. (E-mail: yferguson@truman.edu). This research was funded by the Research Development Grant from Penn State University, awarded to Yuna Ferguson. Each author made major contributions to the article. All authors contributed equally towards the study conception and design and data analysis and interpretation. Data collection was completed by Yuna Ferguson, who also initially drafted the article. Kim Ferguson and Gail Ferguson wrote parts of the draft that were relevant to their individual expertise and also critically revised the entire draft. All authors have reviewed and approved the fnal draft before submission. remote cultures simultaneously, specifcally, U.S., U. K. and South African cultures. While prior studies have focused mainly on remote acculturation in behaviours and values, this study also highlights remote identity acculturation. In addition, we examine whether remote acculturation is relevant to adolescents’ well-being as has been found among remotely acculturated emerging adults (Ferguson & Adams, in press). REMOTE ACCULTURATION: ACCULTURATION WITHOUT MIGRATION Traditionally, acculturation research has focused on indi- viduals in contexts impacted by migration, in which migrants and nationals come in contact and are changed © 2015 International Union of Psychological Science