Positive Immigrant Youth Adaptation in Context: Developmental, Acculturation, and Social Psychological Perspectives Frosso Motti-Stefanidi University of Athens, Greece John Berry Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Xenia Chryssochoou Panteion University, Athens, Greece David Lackland Sam University of Bergen, Norway Jean Phinney California State University, Los Angeles, CA, USA “Immigration is one of the defining issues of the 21 st century. It is now an essential, inevitable and potentially beneficial component of the economic and social life of every country and region. The question is no longer whether to have migration, but rather how to manage immigration effectively so as to enhance its positive and reduce its negative impacts. Well-informed choices by migrants, governments, home and host communities, civil societies, and the private sector can help realize the positive potential of immigration in social, economic and political terms.” (Brunson McKinley, Director General, International Organization for Migration, 2007) To appear in: Motti-Stefanidi, F., Berry, J., Chryssochoou, X., Sam, D. L. & Phinney, J., (in press). Immigrant youth adaptation in context: Developmental, acculturation and social psychological perspectives. In A.S. Masten, K. Liebkind, & D. J. Hernandez (Eds.), Capitalizing on migration: The potential of immigrant youth. New York: Cambridge University Press.