The Cambridge handbook of acculturation psychology

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Title:

The Cambridge handbook of acculturation psychology

Author:

Sam, David L.

ISBN:

9780521849241

9780521614061

Publication Information:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 551 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

1. Introduction -- Part I. Theories, concepts and methods. 2. Acculturation : conceptual background and core components -- 3. Contexts of acculturation -- 4. Stress perspectives on acculturation -- 5. Culture learning approach to acculturation -- 6. Ethnic identity and acculturation -- 7. Development and acculturation -- 8. Personality and individual factors in acculturation -- 9. Design of acculturation studies -- 10. Assessment of psychological acculturation -- Part II. Research with specific acculturating groups. 11. Immigrants -- 12. Sojourners -- 13. Refugees and asylum seekers in societies -- 14. Refugees in camps -- 15. Indigenous peoples.

Part III. Acculturating contexts : societies of settlement. 16. Acculturation in Australia and New Zealand -- 17. Acculturation in Canada -- 18. Acculturation in Israel -- 19. Acculturation in the United States -- 20. Acculturation in European societies -- 21. Acculturation in Francophone European societies -- 22. Acculturation in the Nordic countries -- 23. Acculturation in the United Kingdom -- Part IV. Applications. 24. Acculturation of immigrant children and women -- 25. Acculturation and the school -- 26. Immigrants in the labor market -- 27. Acculturation and health -- 28. Immigration and resilience -- 29. Intercultural relations in plural societies -- 30. Intercultural traning -- 31. Conclusions.

Subject Term:

Acculturation.

Ethnopsychology.

Psychology.

Personality and culture.

Added Author:

Sam, David L.

Berry, John W.

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Summary

In recent years the topic of acculturation has evolved from a relatively minor research area to one of the most researched subjects in the field of cross-cultural psychology. This edited handbook compiles and systemizes the current state of the art by exploring the broad international scope of acculturation. A collection of the world's leading experts in the field review the various contexts for acculturation, the central theories, the groups and individuals undergoing acculturation (immigrants, refugees, indigenous people, expatriates, students and tourists) and discuss how current knowledge can be applied to make both the process and its outcome more manageable and profitable. Building on the theoretical and methodological framework of cross-cultural psychology, the authors focus specifically on the issues that arise when people from one culture move to another culture and the reciprocal adjustments, tensions and benefits involved.