Mutuality in Acculturation: Toward an Integration

This paper focuses on processes and consequences of intergroup interactions in plural societies, focusing primarily on majority-minority mutuality in acculturation orientations. We examine commonalities and differences among conceptualizations and models addressing issues of mutuality. Our review in...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für Psychologie 2013, Vol.221 (4), p.205-213
Main Authors: Horenczyk, Gabriel, Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga, Sam, David L., Vedder, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Intergroup Dynamics
Interpersonal Interaction
Majority Groups
Minority Groups
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social psychology
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Summary:This paper focuses on processes and consequences of intergroup interactions in plural societies, focusing primarily on majority-minority mutuality in acculturation orientations. We examine commonalities and differences among conceptualizations and models addressing issues of mutuality. Our review includes the mutual acculturation model (Berry, 1997), the Interactive Acculturation Model (IAM - Bourhis et al., 1997), the Concordance Model of Acculturation (CMA - Piontkowski et al., 2002); the Relative Acculturation Extended Model (RAEM - Navas et al., 2005), and the work on acculturation discrepancies conducted by Horenczyk (1996, 2000). We also describe a trend toward convergence of acculturation research and the socio-psychological study of intergroup relations addressing issues of mutuality in attitudes, perceptions, and expectations. Our review has the potential to enrich the conceptual and methodological toolbox needed for understanding and investigating acculturation in complex modern societies, where majorities and minorities, immigrants and nationals, are engaged in continuous mutual contact and interaction, affecting each other's acculturative choices and acculturative expectations.
ISSN:2190-8370
2151-2604
DOI:10.1027/2151-2604/a000150