Acculturation: conceptual background and core components

By D. Sam. 2006

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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Beyond Culture Learning Theory (2013, background): “As acculturation research came to focus on sociocultural adaptation as an adaptive outcome (Berry, 1997; Sam, 2006; Ward, 1996, 2001), the Wilson et al. 903 emphasis on effective intercultural interactions has been retained.”
Assessment of acculturation : Issues and overview of measures (2011, positive): “Sam (2006) referred to behavioral adaptation as long-term acculturation outcome and acculturation behaviors as short-term acculturation outcomes.”
Acculturation Orientations and Social Relations Between Immigrant and Host Community Members in California (2009, background): “…that takes place within contrasting cultural groups whose members experience sustained intercultural contact (Redfield, Linton, & Herskovits, 1936). acculturation implies that both cultural groups are influenced and transformed by their mutual intercultural contacts (Berry, 1997, 2006; Sam, 2006).”
Acculturation and physical activity among immigrants: a systematic review (2012, background): “Sam (2006) presented several hypotheses of how migration might be related to health.”
Remote acculturation: The “Americanization” of Jamaican Islanders (2012, background): “(Appadurai, 1991, p. 192) Acculturation is traditionally defined as processes of change that occur in two or more formerly distinct cultural groups following contact (Redfield, Linton, & Herskovits, 1936; Sam, 2006).”
Contextual influences on acculturation processes: The roles of family, community and society (2010, background): “In other words, it is important to understand not only how change occurs in individuals experiencing new cultural environments, but what has changed in individuals as a product of acculturation (Kim & Abreu, 2001; Sam, 2006; Wang & Mallinckrodt, 2006; Ward, 1996).”
Assessing the predictive validity of cultural intelligence over time (2011, background): “In accordance with contemporary models of acculturation, distinctions are made between psychological and sociocultural outcomes (Sam, 2006; Ward, 2001).”