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Acculturation Attitudes and the Ethnic and Host‐Country Identification of Immigrants
Author(s) -
Nesdale Drew
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb01448.x
Subject(s) - acculturation , ethnic group , immigration , prejudice (legal term) , psychology , social psychology , identification (biology) , sociology , political science , botany , anthropology , law , biology
This study assessed a number of potential predictors of host‐country and ethnic‐group identification of members of immigrant groups to Australia. The study included 281 adult participants from Vietnam, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, who responded to questions relating to their acculturation attitudes, host‐culture and ethnic‐group identification, and experiences in their new country. Results showed that the predictors of host country (Australian) identification were the immigrants' acculturation attitude of wanting to live according to host standards and values, lower ethnic versus Australian social involvement, lower ethnic prejudice, higher job status, and acceptance by Australians. The major predictors of ethnic‐group identification were an acculturation attitude of wanting to live according to ethnic‐group standards, higher ethnic versus Australian social involvement, lower self‐esteem, fewer Australian friends, lower ability to speak English, higher education, lower self‐efficacy, and number of ethnic friends. The implications for the acculturation of immigrants are discussed.