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The interplay between values, acculturation and adaptation: A study on Turkish‐Belgian adolescents
Author(s) -
Güngör Derya
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207590600878657
Subject(s) - acculturation , conformity , psychology , adaptation (eye) , collectivism , psychological adaptation , sociocultural evolution , turkish , social psychology , structural equation modeling , developmental psychology , westernization , individualism , sociology , ethnic group , anthropology , political science , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , neuroscience , law , modernization theory
Although there is a bulk of evidence for the relations between values, acculturation, and adaptation, the interrelations between these key concepts of the acculturation literature have not yet been investigated simultaneously. The present study proposes a model connecting value orientations (separatedness and conformity) to adaptation outcomes (sociocultural and psychological). Furthermore, this link was hypothesized to be strengthened by an indirect relationship where acculturation strategies (culture maintenance and culture adoption) would relate certain values to certain aspects of adaptation. The model was tested on 287 Turkish‐Belgian adolescents with an average age of 16.27 years ( SD = 1.86 years). SEM analysis confirmed the hypothesized indirect links underlining the crucial role of acculturation strategies as mediators in the adaptation process. Separatedness predicted sociocultural adaptation via culture adoption whereas conformity impacted psychological adaptation via culture maintenance. In addition, separatedness predicted poorer psychological adaptation. Results were discussed with reference to inverse benefits and costs of individualism and collectivism.