Olive moved from her small hometown to a very large city. After her move, Olive found that she dressed, spoke, and behaved very differently than people in her new city. Olive felt pressure from her friends in the new city to be more like them. When Olive visited her small hometown, her family and friends frequently told her that she was changing and acting differently than what they were used to. These experiences likely caused Olive to experience _____, which is a physical or psychological reaction to living between two cultures.

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Olive's experiences of feeling pressure to change and adapt to a new culture, and the stress of balancing her original cultural identity with a new one, are indicative of acculturative stress. This term describes the psychological impact of adapting to a new culture.

Olive Moved from Her Small Hometown to a Very Large