Globalization and the <i>Identity Remix</i> Among <scp>U</scp>rban Adolescents in <scp>I</scp>ndia

Rao, Mrinalini A.; Berry, Ruhi; Gonsalves, Ayesha; Hastak, Yogita; Shah, Mukti; Roeser, Robert W.

doi:10.1111/jora.12002

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“…Empirical studies have primarily examined globalization's impact on adolescent and emerging adult identity development (e.g., Chen, Benet‐Martínez, & Harris Bond, ; Ferguson & Bornstein, ; Ozer, ; Rao et al., ). Such work has focused on identification with local and global cultures, and on the outcomes of these identifications.…”

Section: The Developmental Psychology Of Globalizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shifting Practices, Shifting Selves: Negotiations of Local and Global Cultures Among Adolescents in Northern Thailand

McKenzie

2018

Child Development

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Around the world, adolescents increasingly grow up as members of local and global cultures. Little is known, however, about how precisely adolescents in rapidly globalizing societies blend local and global cultures. Interviews with 40 (16- to 19-year old) Thai adolescents, evenly divided between rural and urban communities, were analyzed alongside participant observation data for the interplay between local and global linguistic and dietary practices. Results revealed that urban adolescents inhabited differentiated selves, alternating between local and global practices based on interactional partner. The activation of each assisted them in navigating-and in some cases, reshaping-hierarchies encountered in everyday relationships. Findings contribute to the developmental science of globalization and point to the utility of interrogating cultural practices as sites of self-negotiation in rapidly changing cultural contexts.

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Section: The Developmental Psychology Of Globalizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shifting Practices, Shifting Selves: Negotiations of Local and Global Cultures Among Adolescents in Northern Thailand

McKenzie

2018

Child Development

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“…Globalization contributes to conflict between the attraction toward material goods and values and the traditional intrinsic value system that eschews material achievement compared to internal growth (Rao et al., ). This conflict is enhanced among young adults who are already experiencing stress and strain due to the developmental challenge of identity formation during this stage.…”

Section: Youth In Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Anger and Globalization Among Young People in India

Suchday

2015

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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This article addresses the challenges faced by youth in developing countries. Using India as an example of a fast-globalizing country, this article highlights the experience and challenges faced by adolescents and emerging adults as they search for their interpersonal and professional identities. The difficulties of defining identity in the context of rapid globalization where people are exposed to diverse cultural forces that may conflict with each other are particularly salient when dealing with anger. Anger frequently results from thwarted wants and needs. In globalizing developing economies, young people often face inequitable access and opportunities that may be cause for distress-anger and depression. However, the skills to deal with anger are frequently culturally determined and may not be effective in situations where multiple cultural rules are operational. For example, India being a collectivist culture traditionally encourages the suppression of anger. However, situations and rules of conduct in a global economic order require the assertive expression of anger and the confrontation of conflict. Research that is methodologically and culturally appropriate is needed in exploring these issues and ameliorating distress associated with inequity, conflicts, and challenges.

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“…Rather than leaving the accommodation of global culture into one's local culture to be done by the individual, it seems that a cultural and collective openness and acceptance to globalization is key to reduced identity distress and the development of a hybrid identity (i.e., identity remix in Rao et al, 2013). Such an awareness and admission of global culture deemed appropriate by the constituents of the local culture seems to help with the transmission of information and the assimilation of global practices into one's existing identity.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%