Psychology of Acculturation: Understanding Individuals Moving Between Cultures

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In cross-cultural psychology, there is interest in two broad domains: the comparative examination of psychological similarities and differences across broad ranges of cultures, and the psychological adaptations made by individuals when they move between cultures. The former is the preeminent line of inquiry in cross-cultural psychology, which attempts to link variations in individual behavior to cultural and ecological contexts by way of general enculturation and specific socialization; the latter is a relatively new area, which seeks to understand continuities and changes in individual behavior that are related to the experience of two cultures through the process of acculturation. It is with this latter domain that we are concerned in this chapter. Psychological studies of acculturation are particularly relevant at the current time and ...

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