scholarly journals The (Diverse) Company You Keep: Content and Structure of Immigrants’ Social Networks as a Window Into Intercultural Relations in Catalonia

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 924-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Repke ◽  
Verónica Benet-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Intercultural Relations ◽  
Bicultural Identity ◽  
Identity Integration ◽  
Relationship Type ◽  
Bicultural Identity Integration ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Sociocultural Adjustment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Social Networks

This research examines how the social networks of immigrants residing in a European bicultural and bilingual context (Catalonia) relate to levels of adjustment (both psychological and sociocultural) and to bicultural identity integration (BII). Moroccan, Pakistani, Ecuadorian, and Romanian immigrants residing in Barcelona nominated 25 individuals (i.e., alters) from their habitual social networks and provided demographic (e.g., ethnicity), relationship type (e.g., family, friend, neighbor), and structural (who knew whom) information for each of these alters. Even after controlling for individual-level demographic and acculturation variables, the content and structure of immigrants’ personal social networks had unique associations with both types of adjustment and with BII. Specifically, the overall degree of cultural diversity in the network and the amount of Catalan (but not Spanish) “weak” ties (i.e., acquaintances, colleagues, neighbors) positively predicted these outcomes. Amount of interconnectedness between local coethnic and Catalan/Spanish alters also predicted sociocultural adjustment and BII positively. Finally, against a “culture and language similarity” hypothesis, Moroccan and Pakistani participants had social networks that were more culturally integrated, relative to Ecuadorians and Romanians. Results from this study attest to the importance of examining actual intercultural relations and going beyond individuals’ reported acculturation preferences to understand immigrants’ overall adaptation and cultural identity dynamics. Furthermore, results highlight the interplay between interculturalism experienced at the intrapersonal, subjective level (i.e., BII), and at the meso-level (i.e., having culturally diverse networks that also include interethnic ties among alters).

Handbook of Advances in Culture and Psychology, Volume 8

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Bicultural Identity ◽  
World Culture ◽  
Identity Integration ◽  
Bicultural Identity Integration ◽  
The Past ◽  
Evolution And Development ◽  
Constructive Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
With Memory ◽  
Culture And Language

Volume 8 of the Handbook of Advances in Culture and Psychology showcases contributions from internationally renowned culture scholars who span the discipline of culture and psychology and related disciplines and represent diversity in the theory and study of culture within psychology. The volume includes cutting-edge contributions on culture and memory, with memory as a constructive process at the intersection of person and world; culture and emotion, with emotions as dynamically and socioculturally constructed relationship engagements; culture and language, along with literacy development and impairment across cultures; the psychological foundations of rituals and how children learn and use ritual behaviors; the evolution and development of cultural-clinical psychology over the course of the past several decades; and the social-personality processes underlying multiculturalism and bicultural identity integration.

Bicultural Identity Integration

2021 ◽  
pp. 244-284
Author(s):  
Verónica Benet-Martínez ◽  
Fiona Lee ◽  
Chi-Ying Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Individual Difference ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Bicultural Identity ◽  
Identity Integration ◽  
Bicultural Identity Integration ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
The Social

In this chapter, the authors examine the social-personality processes underlying multiculturalism and multicultural identity and the cultural and societal factors that influence these phenomena. They focus the discussion on bicultural identity integration (BII), an individual difference construct describing the extent to which a bicultural individual experiences her two cultural identities as compatible and integrated versus oppositional and compartmentalized. Drawing from the literatures of acculturation, social-personality and cultural psychologies, and interculturalism studies, the authors review research on the antecedents and outcomes associated with BII. While there is extensive evidence showing that BII is psychologically consequential, and also an important moderator of how multicultural individuals respond to different kinds of cultural information and demands, there remains pressing needs to understand the developmental trajectories that influence BII, the role of macro societal and historical factors in how BII changes, and how BII can be used to understand multiculturalism in social collectives.

Psychosocial stress, bicultural identity integration, and bicultural self‐efficacy among Hispanic emerging adults

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Cano ◽  
Flavio F. Marsiglia ◽  
Alan Meca ◽  
Mario De La Rosa ◽  
Daisy Ramírez‐Ortiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Psychosocial Stress ◽  
Bicultural Identity ◽  
Identity Integration ◽  
Bicultural Identity Integration

Factors Affecting Individual Level ERP Assimilation in a Social Network Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luan Gao ◽  
Luning Liu ◽  
Yuqiang Feng
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Interactive Learning ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Social

Prior research on ERP assimilation has primarily focused on influential factors at the organizational level. In this study, the authors attempt to extend their understanding of individual level ERP assimilation from the perspective of social network theory. They designed a multi-case study to explore the relations between ERP users' social networks and their levels of ERP assimilation based on the three dimensions of the social networks. The authors gathered data through interviews with 26 ERP users at different levels in five companies. Qualitative analysis was used to understand the effects of social networks and interactive learning. They found that users' social networks play a significant role in individual level ERP assimilation through interactive learning among users. They also found five key factors that facilitate users' assimilation of ERP knowledge: homophily (age, position and rank), tie content (instrumental and expressive ties), tie strength, external ties, and centrality.

The Challenge of Being Both Local and Global: Bicultural Identity Integration among Indigenous Ladakhi Youth in Delhi

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 680-700
Author(s):  
Simon Ozer ◽  
Veronica Benet-Martínez ◽  
Seth J. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Bicultural Identity ◽  
Identity Integration ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Bicultural Identity Integration ◽  
Cultural Globalization

Ladakhi emerging adults have been exposed to cultural globalization through interaction with tourists and media, as well as through prolonged stays at globalized university contexts in major Indian cities. This globalization process has been hypothesized as detrimental to psychological health, in part because it poses the challenge of integrating a local Ladakhi identity with a global Western cultural identity. In the present study, we examined how exposure to cultural globalization and bicultural identity integration (tendency to bring together one’s local and global identities) moderates the positive links of Ladakhi and Western cultural orientation with psychological well-being among Ladakhis studying in Delhi ( N = 196). We found that exposure to cultural globalization did not affect the positive association between cultural orientation and psychological well-being. Moreover, bicultural harmony and blendedness were associated with a weaker relationship between Ladakhi cultural orientation and psychological well-being and, additionally, a stronger association between Western cultural orientation and well-being. Our results highlight contemporary challenges related to being both local and global in a culturally globalized context.

Positive Bicultural Identity Development Curriculum: A Pilot Evaluation

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-139
Author(s):  
Margaret Bishop ◽  
Galina Melamed ◽  
Susan Stone
Keyword(s):  
Middle School Students ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Bicultural Identity ◽  
Identity Integration ◽  
School Students ◽  
Rigorous Evaluation ◽  
Bicultural Identity Integration ◽  
Initial Support

Abstract Although a large body of research demonstrates a positive relationship between bicultural identity integration (BII) (that is, having a harmonious and blended bicultural identity) and psychosocial functioning, much less research focuses on approaches to promote this integration, particularly among early adolescents. This study describes the Positive Bicultural Identity Development Curriculum developed for middle school students ranging in age from 12 through 14 and presents results of a pilot evaluation. Between pre- and post-curriculum, the seven participants reported increased BII, and facilitator ratings showed increases in bicultural identity certainty. Post-curriculum facilitator ratings also indicated bicultural identity growth. Parents or guardians and teachers perceived similar changes in participants. This study provides initial support for the utility of the intervention and its promise for more rigorous evaluation.

scholarly journals Cultural selection shapes network structure

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. eaaw0609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Smolla ◽  
Erol Akçay
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Level Structure ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Dense Networks ◽  
The Social

Cultural evolution relies on the social transmission of cultural traits along a population’s social network. Research indicates that network structure affects information spread and thus the capacity for cumulative culture. However, how network structure itself is driven by population-culture co-evolution remains largely unclear. We use a simple model to investigate how populations negotiate the trade-off between acquiring new skills and getting better at existing skills and how this trade-off shapes social networks. We find unexpected eco-evolutionary feedbacks from culture onto social networks and vice versa. We show that selecting for skill generalists results in sparse networks with diverse skill sets, whereas selecting for skill specialists results in dense networks and a population that specializes on the same few skills on which everyone is an expert. Our model advances our understanding of the complex feedbacks in cultural evolution and demonstrates how individual-level behavior can lead to the emergence of population-level structure.

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