Majority acceptance vs. rejection of ‘being both’ facilitates immigrants’ bicultural identity blendedness and positive affect

IF 1.7 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Self and Identity Pub Date : 2021-05-28 DOI:10.1080/15298868.2021.1929437

F. Fleischmann, Amina Op De Weegh

引用次数: 3

Abstract

ABSTRACT Ethnic minority members experience varying levels of conflict and blendedness between their ethnic and national identities, with important implications for psychosocial adjustment. To examine the critical role of intergroup contexts, we manipulated whether “being both” was accepted vs. rejected by either the majority population or fellow minority members in a survey experiment among Dutch ethnic minority members (N=820)., We subsequently measured Bicultural Identity Integration and Positive and Negative Affect. Identity conflict and negative affect were unaffected, but participants experienced more blendedness and more positive affect when the majority agreed ratherthan disagreed, that “it is a good thing to be both”. We discuss how the findings can help to facilitatte identity integration among ethnic minority populations in diverse societies.

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多数人接受与拒绝“兼而有之”促进了移民的双文化身份融合和积极影响

少数民族成员在其种族和国家身份之间经历不同程度的冲突和融合，这对心理社会适应具有重要意义。为了检验群体间环境的关键作用，我们在荷兰少数民族成员(N=820)的调查实验中操纵了“两者兼有”是否被大多数人口或其他少数民族成员接受或拒绝。我们随后测量了双文化认同整合和积极和消极影响。身份冲突和负面影响不受影响，但当大多数人同意而不是不同意“两者兼而有之是件好事”时，参与者体验到更多的融合和积极影响。我们讨论了这些发现如何有助于促进不同社会中少数民族人口的身份整合。

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Self and Identity PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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5.10

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5.00%

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期刊介绍： Work on self and identity has a special place in the study of human nature, as self-concerns are arguably at the center of individuals" striving for well-being and for making sense of one"s life. Life goals develop and are influenced by one"s view of what one is like, the way one would ideally like to be (or would like to avoid being), as well as one"s perceptions of what is feasible. Furthermore, conceptions of self and the world affect how one"s progress towards these goals is monitored, evaluated, redirected, re-evaluated, and pursued again. Thus, the “self” as a construct has far-reaching implications for behavior, self-esteem, motivation, experience of emotions and the world more broadly, and hence for interpersonal relationships, society, and culture.