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Acculturation discrepancies and well‐being: the moderating role of conformity
Author(s) -
Roccas Sonia,
Horenczyk Gabriel,
Schwartz Shalom H.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(200005/06)30:3<323::aid-ejsp992>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - acculturation , conformity , psychology , social psychology , immigration , life satisfaction , value (mathematics) , identity (music) , political science , machine learning , computer science , acoustics , law , physics
This study examines associations of immigrants' well‐being with the discrepancies they perceive between their own acculturation attitudes and the acculturation expectations of members of the host society. A hundred immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union reported their personal value priorities, their satisfaction with life, their attitudes towards acculturation, and their beliefs about what members of the dominant society require of them. The immigrants believed that Israelis want them to relinquish their distinctive identity and to assimilate more than they themselves wish to do. As hypothesized, perceived pressure to assimilate correlated negatively with life satisfaction only among those who value conformity, but not among others. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.