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Acculturation and Adaptation in a New Society

Acculturation and Adaptation in a New Society ACCULTURATION The process of acculturation is presented schematically in Figure 1 (page 81). Acculturation has been defined as culture change that results from continuous, first-hand contact between two distinct cultural groups (Redfield et al., 1936). While originally proposed as a group-level phenomenon (left side of Figure 1) it is now also widely recognized as an individual-level phenomenon (right side) * Psychology Department, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. and termed psychological acculturation (Graves, 1967). At this second level, acculturation refers to changes in an individual whose cultural group is collectively experiencing acculturation. It is important to note that while changes to both groups are implied in the definition, most changes in fact occur in the non-dominant (migrating) group as a result of influence from the dominant (society of settlement) group. It is on these non-dominant (or acculturating) groups that I will focus in trying to link acculturation experience to individual outcomes among migrants. What changes may occur at the group level as a result of acculturation? First, there are physical changes, including a new place to live, new type of housing, increasing population density, urbanization, more pollution, etc. Second, biological changes, including new nutritional status and new diseases are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Migration Wiley

Acculturation and Adaptation in a New Society

Berry, J. W.
International Migration , Volume 30 – Jun 1, 1992
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© 1992 IOM
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0020-7985
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10.1111/j.1468-2435.1992.tb00776.x
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ACCULTURATION The process of acculturation is presented schematically in Figure 1 (page 81). Acculturation has been defined as culture change that results from continuous, first-hand contact between two distinct cultural groups (Redfield et al., 1936). While originally proposed as a group-level phenomenon (left side of Figure 1) it is now also widely recognized as an individual-level phenomenon (right side) * Psychology Department, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. and termed psychological acculturation (Graves, 1967). At this second level, acculturation refers to changes in an individual whose cultural group is collectively experiencing acculturation. It is important to note that while changes to both groups are implied in the definition, most changes in fact occur in the non-dominant (migrating) group as a result of influence from the dominant (society of settlement) group. It is on these non-dominant (or acculturating) groups that I will focus in trying to link acculturation experience to individual outcomes among migrants. What changes may occur at the group level as a result of acculturation? First, there are physical changes, including a new place to live, new type of housing, increasing population density, urbanization, more pollution, etc. Second, biological changes, including new nutritional status and new diseases are

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Published: Jun 1, 1992

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