Bicultural identity, bilingualism, and psychological adjustment in multicultural societies: Immigration-based and globalization-based acculturation

被引:331
作者
Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua [1 ]
Benet-Martinez, Veronica [2 ]
Bond, Michael Harris [3 ]
机构
[1] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Calif Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
[3] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
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D O I
10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00505.x
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The present investigation examined the impact of bicultural identity, bilingualism, and social context on the psychological adjustment of multicultural individuals. Our studies targeted three distinct types of biculturals: Mainland Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong, Filipino domestic workers (i.e., sojourners) in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese college students. Individual differences in Bicultural Identity Integration (BII; Benet-Martinez, Leu, Lee, & Morris, 2002) positively predicted psychological adjustment for all the samples except sojourners even after controlling for the personality traits of neuroticism and self-efficacy. Cultural identification and language abilities also predicted adjustment, although these associations varied across the samples in meaningful ways. We concluded that, in the process of managing multiple cultural environments and group loyalties, bilingual competence, and perceiving one's two cultural identities as integrated are important antecedents of beneficial psychological outcomes.
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页码:803 / 837
页数:35
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