Intercultural immigrant youth identities in contexts of family, friends, and school

Abstract

Much of the research on cultural identity development does not capture experiences of individuals with parents from two or more cultural backgrounds or those living in multicultural contexts. Our study explores how immigrant youth in a multicultural city view and use identities to negotiate at school, with peers, and with family. Participants (N 0 20) were adolescents (12Á18 years) living in Geneva, Switzerland. Findings show that youths' peer networks are multicultural and school and home are more likely to be monocultural. We can apply these findings to future research designed to ask youth about their identities within different contexts as well as to incorporate intercultural and multicultural identities into identity theories.

Feeling Half-Half? Exploring Relational Variation of Turkish-Heritage Young Adults’ Cultural Identity Compatibility and Conflict in Austria

“…Furthermore, in predominantly middle-class academic track schools with a politically driven agenda to emphasize citizenship, European values, or inclusion, Turkish-heritage students are more likely to emphasize multidimensional identities than students in schools with a predominantly working-class student population (Faas, 2009). On the other hand, like other minority members, they face the constant negotiation of cultural values between relational contexts, such as the school, family, multicultural peer groups, and neighborhoods (Bauer, Loomis, & Akkari, 2013). In the current study, we therefore focus on the lived experience of Turkish-heritage individuals with high formal education in Austria.…”

“…Scholars have recently emphasized the need to move beyond the bicultural approach when investigating acculturative changes (e.g., Ward & Geeraert, 2016). Studies from Belgium and Switzerland, for example, show that in multicultural environments such as highly diverse neighborhoods and peer networks, individuals may draw from not just two, but multiple cultures (Bauer et al, 2013;Van De Vijver, Blommaert, Gkoumasi, & Stogianni, 2015). Thus, we investigate how individuals experience and combine cultural identities in monocultural as well as multicultural environments in Austria, including cultural identifications with cultures beyond the dominant and heritage culture.…”

Adolescents Negotiating Romantic Relationships in a Culturally Diverse, Urban Community

“…Bicultural students may feel caught between two worlds if they try to adhere to more traditional cultural or religious values at home while their peers expect them to evince different values at school (Cone, Buxton, Lee, & Mahotiere, 2014;Sharabany, Eshel, & Hakim, 2008). This experience of being caught between family and school cultures and contexts can be intensified if the students have emigrated from a traditional community, or if they are born to immigrant parents (Bauer, Loomis, & Akkari, 2013).…”

“Interculturalidade – Emigrantes Portugueses Em Londres”

“…2 Cada indivíduo reage de maneira diferente, considerando o seu background cultural e social. Segundo Wilkinson e Pickett (2010, p. 47), os problemas dos países ricos não são causados pelo facto de a sociedade não ser suficientemente rica mas sim pelo facto de a escala de diferenças materiais entre as pessoas, no seio de cada sociedade, ser demasiado grande.…”

“…Há também, neste contexto, pesquisas que apontam para a forma como os jovens imigrantes, em contextos multiculturais, se comportam de maneiras diferentes, isto é, são mais propensos a uma postura monocultural em casa e são mais multiculturais quando na escola ( Bauer et al, 2012). …”