In the deep valley with mountains to climb: exploring identity and multiple reacculturation

Onwumechili, Chuka; Nwosu, Peter O.; Jackson, Ronald L.; James-Hughes, Jacqueline

doi:10.1016/s0147-1767(02)00063-9

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“…The shortcomings of the model are documented in a study by Onwumechili, Nwosu, Jackson, and James-Hughes (2003) in which they maintain that W-curve model can neither differentiate the acculturation and reacculturation processes, nor can it elaborate on why and how reacculturation takes place. Moreover, empirical studies of acculturation and reacculturation processes have never shown the curves as described in the theory; that is, the theory was found to be inconclusive, neither descriptive nor prescriptive.…”

Section: W-curve Theory Of Gullahorn and Gullahornmentioning

confidence: 99%

Return Migration

Künüroğlu¹,

Vijver²,

Yağmur³

2016

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

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Section: W-curve Theory Of Gullahorn and Gullahornmentioning

confidence: 99%

Return Migration

Künüroğlu¹,

Vijver²,

Yağmur³

2016

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

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“…The role of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the psychological distress of this group has not been addressed, although Stroebe and Schut (2008) have described a link between disturbed oscillation in the DPM and intrusion-avoidance symptomatology associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Further research needs to be undertaken with larger diverse samples of missionaries and also with other groups of re-entrants such as corporate employees, spouses, students, peace corps volunteers, TCKs, returning migrants, military personnel, and multiple re-entrants (Doyle & Peterson, 2005;Lovell, 1997;Onwumechili et al, 2003;Szkudlarek, 2009) to assess the suitability of all parameters of this model for addressing re-entry loss and grief.…”

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Cross-Cultural Re-Entry for Missionaries: A New Application for the Dual Process Model

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Nearly half a million foreign aid workers currently work worldwide, including over 140,000 missionaries. During re-entry these workers may experience significant psychological distress. This article positions previous research about psychological distress during re-entry, emphasizing loss and grief. At present there is no identifiable theoretical framework to provide a basis for assessment, management, and prevention of re-entry distress in the clinical setting. The development of theoretical concepts and frameworks surrounding loss and grief including the Dual Process Model (DPM) are discussed. All the parameters of the DPM have been shown to be appropriate for the proposed re-entry model, the Dual Process Model applied to Re-entry (DPMR). It is proposed that the DPMR is an appropriate framework to address the processes and strategies of managing re-entry loss and grief. Possible future clinical applications and limitations of the proposed model are discussed. The DPMR is offered for further validation and use in clinical practice.

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“…Cross-cultural adaptation, dialogue, intercultural learning and multicultural identity are the key concepts used to identify a new form of transcultural communication in order to defeat ethnocentrism and create the conditions for a multicultural society and for a mixed coding of social systems (Milhouse et al, 2001). Conjunction means crossing cultural borders, interpenetrating cultures (Tang, 1994) and communicating between boundaries (Onwumechili et al, 2003). Conjunction is a new form of fusion that respects cultural diversity and aims at enriching diverse cultural forms.…”

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“…As it was clear that this idea of identity originated from within the functionally differentiated society, it was criticized as not a truly cross-cultural identity. In this perspective, a real multicultural identity should be characterized by a conjunction between autonomy and belonging (Bhawuk, 2001;Hofstede, 1980;Onwumechili et al, 2003), i.e. it should be a well-developed co-construction of autonomy and interdependence (Yamada and Singelis, 1999).…”

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New Forms of Intercultural Communication in a Globalized World

Baraldi

2006

International Communication Gazette

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Communication is the basic concept in explaining globalization. Globalization can be observed as the worldwide expansion of a functionally differentiated European society through intercultural communication. In this society, since the 17th century, intercultural communication has assumed the form of a modernist ethnocentrism based on values such as knowledge, pluralism and individualism. During the 20th century, historical changes created the necessity for new forms of intercultural communication. In the last decade of that century, a transcultural form of communication based on dialogue was proposed as a basis for cross-cultural adaptation, a creation of multicultural identities and a construction of a hybrid multicultural society. However, this transcultural form creates paradoxes and difficulties in intercultural communication, mixing the preservation of cultural difference with the search for synthesis. Consequently, a new form of intercultural dialogue, dealing with incommensurable differences and managing conflicts, is needed to create coordination among different cultural perspectives.

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In the deep valley with mountains to climb: exploring identity and multiple reacculturation

Cited by 71 publications

References 19 publications

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Cross-Cultural Re-Entry for Missionaries: A New Application for the Dual Process Model

New Forms of Intercultural Communication in a Globalized World

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