Understanding Cultural Identification Through Intersubjective Cultural Representation. (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wan, Ching
• Other Names: Zou Xi guest-editor.; Leung Angela K.-y guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of cross-cultural psychology. Volume 46:Number 10(2015)
• Page Start: 1267
• Page End: 1272
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: cultural psychology -- values -- cultural identification -- representation; Ethnopsychology -- Periodicals; 155.805
• DOI: 10.1177/0022022115610213
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0221

Abstract

Intersubjective cultural representation refers to a collective's common representation of a culture. Such representation provides a meaningful basis for individuals to develop identification with the culture. Specifically, the more an individual's personal values are aligned with values intersubjectively represented to be important to a culture, the more strongly the individual would identify with the culture. Consideration of the role of intersubjective representation in cultural identification has implications for future research on the development of cultural identity, especially in multicultural contexts.