How 'should' the majority group acculturate? Acculturation expectations and their correlates among minority- and majority-group members. (March 2023)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- How 'should' the majority group acculturate? Acculturation expectations and their correlates among minority- and majority-group members. (March 2023)
- Main Title:
- How 'should' the majority group acculturate? Acculturation expectations and their correlates among minority- and majority-group members
- Authors:
- Kunst, Jonas R.
Ozer, Simon
Lefringhausen, Katharina
Bierwiaczonek, Kinga
Obaidi, Milan
Sam, David L. - Abstract:
- Abstract: Do minority-group members welcome or reject that majority-group members adopt other cultures? Acculturation is commonly defined as a process of mutual accommodation. Yet, the acculturation of majority-group members has only recently received research attention. To date, we do not know the extent to which minority-group members expect majority-group members to adopt the culture of minority groups and/or to maintain their mainstream culture. Knowledge is also lacking about how these expectations relate to minority-group members' own acculturation orientations and symbolic and realistic threat perceptions. We further do not know whether such associations are similar among minority- and majority-group members. To address these gaps, we surveyed 246 Muslim minority-group members and 247 White Christian majority-group members in the United Kingdom. Muslim minority-group members' acculturation expectations towards majority-group members were normally distributed around the midpoint of the scale, suggesting that they did not reject majority-group acculturation on average. Acculturation expectations were correlated with symbolic and realistic threat perceptions among majority-group members but not among minority-group members. Cluster analyses showed that integrated Muslim minority-group members found it relatively important for majority-group members to adopt minority-group culture and to maintain their own culture. In sum, the results support the idea that minority-groupAbstract: Do minority-group members welcome or reject that majority-group members adopt other cultures? Acculturation is commonly defined as a process of mutual accommodation. Yet, the acculturation of majority-group members has only recently received research attention. To date, we do not know the extent to which minority-group members expect majority-group members to adopt the culture of minority groups and/or to maintain their mainstream culture. Knowledge is also lacking about how these expectations relate to minority-group members' own acculturation orientations and symbolic and realistic threat perceptions. We further do not know whether such associations are similar among minority- and majority-group members. To address these gaps, we surveyed 246 Muslim minority-group members and 247 White Christian majority-group members in the United Kingdom. Muslim minority-group members' acculturation expectations towards majority-group members were normally distributed around the midpoint of the scale, suggesting that they did not reject majority-group acculturation on average. Acculturation expectations were correlated with symbolic and realistic threat perceptions among majority-group members but not among minority-group members. Cluster analyses showed that integrated Muslim minority-group members found it relatively important for majority-group members to adopt minority-group culture and to maintain their own culture. In sum, the results support the idea that minority-group members, at least in some contexts and settings, view acculturation as a mutual cultural change rather than as cultural appropriation. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- International journal of intercultural relations. Volume 93(2023)
- Journal:
- International journal of intercultural relations
- Issue:
- Volume 93(2023)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 93, Issue 2023 (2023)
- Year:
- 2023
- Volume:
- 93
- Issue:
- 2023
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2023-0093-2023-0000
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- Publication Date:
- 2023-03
- Subjects:
- Acculturation -- Expectations -- Majority group acculturation -- Minority group -- Threat
Intercultural communication -- Periodicals
Cultural relations -- Periodicals
Cross-cultural studies -- Periodicals
Communication interculturelle -- Périodiques
Relations culturelles -- Périodiques
Études transculturelles -- Périodiques
Cross-cultural studies
Cultural relations
Intercultural communication
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303.482 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01471767 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101779 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0147-1767
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