Abstract
The authors investigated adjustment to an Israeli university by students from two minority groups, Israeli Arabs and Jewish Ethiopians, as a function of their different acculturation attitudes (J. W. Berry, 1990). Social adjustment of both Arabs and Ethiopians was contingent on acculturation attitudes supporting participation with the majority. Psychological adjustment of both groups was negatively associated with personal acculturation preferences that deviated from the shared acculturation attitudes of the respective in-group (i.e., assimilation in the Arab group, and separation in the Ethiopian group). The perceived attitude of the majority also contributed to the psychological adjustment of both groups. Major theoretical implications are that both attitudes of the majority and adjustment to the in-group play an important role in psychological adjustment of immigrants.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 593-612 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Journal of Social Psychology |
Volume | 145 |
Issue number | 5 |
State | Published - Oct 2005 |
Keywords
- Acculturation
- Adaptive behavior
- Ethnic identification
- Group processes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology