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We review recent developments in the study of culture and personality measurement. Three approaches are described: an

The psychological component of immigration in the Netherlands was studied by comparing views on multiculturalism and acculturation orientation of Turkish migrants between Dutch majority (N ¼ 1565) and Turkish-Dutch minority (N ¼ 185) members. Multiculturalism was measured with an adaptation of the Multicultural Ideology Scale (Berry & Kalin, 1995); acculturation orientation was investigated in different domains of life. The results revealed that Dutch on average had a neutral attitude towards multiculturalism in the Netherlands while Turkish-Dutch showed a more positive attitude. Regarding the acculturation strategies, Dutch adults preferred assimilation above integration of Turkish migrants in all life domains. Turkish-Dutch adults made a distinction in public and private domains: integration was preferred in public domains, and separation in private domains. In public domains both cultural groups agreed that Turkish migrants should adapt to the Dutch culture. In private domains there was no agreement at all in the views of Dutch and Turkish-Dutch. These results suggest that the views on acculturation and multiculturalism differ substantially for majority and minority group members. Implications are discussed. Copyright # 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Due to increased international migration during the last decades, the population of several Western European societies, including the Netherlands, has become culturally diverse. Interest in the possibilities and concerns of immigration, especially its effects on immigrants and its implications for the receiving society, has stimulated research in the social sciences. Two complementary domains in psychology explicitly address this field: acculturation and intergroup relations (Berry, 2001). Acculturation research in cross-cultural psychology has focused mainly on changes and continuities in cultural orientation of immigrants 1 following migration, while research on intergroup relations in social psychology has been largely concerned with studying the attitudes of majority people toward migrant groups. Although the outcomes of the acculturation process and the intergroup relations depend substantially on mutual expectations and interactions between the members of the majority and the migrant groups, very few studies have systematically compared their mutual views thus far The terms immigrants, minorities, minority and immigrant groups refer to people with a lower power (numerical, economic, and political), while dominant, majority, and native groups refer to people with the higher power in the society.

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