Acculturative Strategies and the Psychological Adaptation of Brazilian Migrants to Japan

Scottham, Krista Maywalt; Dias, Rodrigo Hitoshi

doi:10.1080/15283488.2010.523587

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“…Anomalously, neither dismissive nor fearful nation attachment were significantly associated with SWB, contravening the established pattern in the wider literature that marginalised experiences are associated with lower levels of SWB [48], [53], [80]. The lack significant findings for migrant participants could be attributed to the sample size of the group.…”

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confidence: 64%

Exploring Attachment to the “Homeland” and Its Association with Heritage Culture Identification

Ferenczi

Marshall

2013

PLoS ONE

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Conceptualisations of attachment to one's nation of origin reflecting a symbolic caregiver can be found cross-culturally in literature, art, and language. Despite its prevalence, the relationship with one's nation has not been investigated empirically in terms of an attachment theory framework. Two studies employed an attachment theory approach to investigate the construct validity of symbolic attachment to one's nation of origin, and its association with acculturation (operationalized as heritage and mainstream culture identification). Results for Study 1 indicated a three-factor structure of nation attachment; the factors were labelled secure-preoccupied, fearful, and dismissive nation attachment. Hierarchical linear modelling was employed to control for differing cultures across participants. Secure-preoccupied nation attachment was a significant predictor of increased heritage culture identification for participants residing in their country of birth, whilst dismissive nation attachment was a significant predictor of decreased heritage culture identification for international migrants. Secure-preoccupied nation attachment was also associated with higher levels of subjective-wellbeing. Study 2 further confirmed the validity of the nation attachment construct through confirmatory factor analysis; the three-factor model adequately fit the data. Similar to the results of Study 1, secure-preoccupied nation attachment was associated with increased levels of heritage culture identification and psychological well-being. Implications of the tripartite model of nation attachment for identity and well-being will be discussed.

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confidence: 64%

Exploring Attachment to the “Homeland” and Its Association with Heritage Culture Identification

Ferenczi

Marshall

2013

PLoS ONE

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“…Research on these acculturation strategies has revealed that integration is associated with the best psychological and sociocultural adaptation (Liebkind, 2008;Sam & Berry, 2006;Scottham & Dias, 2010). Assimilation and separation achieve a medium degree of acculturative stress and adaptation problems.…”

Section: Acculturative Stress and Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

An integrative theoretical framework of acculturation and salutogenesis

Riedel

Wiesmann

Hannich

2011

International Review of Psychiatry

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During the last two decades, the number of international migrants worldwide has constantly risen. In this context, crosscultural dimensions of psychological disorders receive increased attention, especially depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders among the migrant population. In this paper we propose a theoretical framework for the understanding of migrant mental health. This framework combines elements from Berry ' s acculturation model and Antonovsky ' s salutogenic theory. The former illustrates the main factors that affect an individual ' s adaptation in a new cultural context. The term acculturative stress denotes unresolved problems resulting from intercultural contact that cannot be overcome easily by simply adjusting or assimilating. The latter specifi es the relationship between culturally associated stress and mental health more distinctive, introducing the concepts of generalized resistance resources and sense of coherence that determine mental health outcomes of migrants during acculturative stress periods. Specifi cally, we provide an integrative framework of acculturation and salutogenesis that helps to integrate inconsistent fi ndings in the migrant mental health literature. The current paper focuses on the effect of resource factors for positive mental health outcomes in the migrant population and summarises some implications for future research activities.

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“…PSA acculturation suggests that immigrants have to consider two key points: the importance of the preservation of their identity and characteristics pertaining to their home country; and how important is it to participate in the host country (Leong, 2014). The PSA current literature accepts that of the four acculturation strategies, integration (commitment to both home country heritage and adaption to the new host country) will be more successful as there will be lower stress, higher self-esteem, pro-social behaviors, fewer negative anti-social behavior of the adolescent, higher life satisfaction and a more positive workplace well-being (Scottham & Dias, 2010;Berry & Sabatier, 2010;Wang et al, 2010). The PSA acculturation research is beginning to cross-over into research that has been the focus of the IB field; that of examining work related attitudes in regard to the acculturation orientations and workrelated well-being (Peeters & Oerlemans, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

Acculturation and overseas assignments: A review and research agenda

González‐Loureiro

Kiessling

Dabić

2015

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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Abstract:This review analyzes two streams of literature that are exploring a similar phenomenon from separate perspectives and only recently have they began to overlap; that of migrant acculturation (from the psychology, sociology and anthropology research) and international assignee adjustment (from the international business research stream). We conducted a multiple correspondence analysis on a sample of 389 articles to provide the intellectual structure of the research in these fields.Our research indicates that: 1) the standard 2x2 matrix of acculturation is insufficient;2) most past research focuses on USA to other countries and vice versa, suggesting there is much work left to explore other pairs of cultures ("there and back again" is not the same globally); 3) as global organizations are dominating the marketplace with many various staffing forms, variables such as corporate culture and management interaction will need to be incorporated; 4) research needs to include dynamics over time as many individuals who have worked outside of their home country often become multi-cultural with a global mindset and the typical acculturation framework is insufficient; 5) past acculturation research focuses on the work or the sociocultural context separately, while both need to be included; 6) and the extended family (parents, relatives, close friends, etc.) need to be considered.2

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Acculturative Strategies and the Psychological Adaptation of Brazilian Migrants to Japan

Cited by 17 publications

References 25 publications

Exploring Attachment to the “Homeland” and Its Association with Heritage Culture Identification

Exploring Attachment to the “Homeland” and Its Association with Heritage Culture Identification

An integrative theoretical framework of acculturation and salutogenesis

Acculturation and overseas assignments: A review and research agenda

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