Structure and function of the perceived acculturation context of young Moroccans in the Netherlands
- 1 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 39 (3), 190-204
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207590344000367
Abstract
The goals of this research were twofold: (1) to explore the structure of the perceived acculturation context in a group of 155 Moroccan adolescents and young adults living in the Netherlands, and (2) to examine to what extent this structure can predict quality of relationships, success, and mental health. The perceived acculturation context turned out to be multidimensional and its dimensions independent. The perceived mainstream context consisted of a tolerance factor and an integration factor while the perceived minority context consisted of a permissiveness to adjust factor and an ethnic vitality factor. A path model in which both the perceived mainstream and minority contexts predicted acculturation outcomes showed a good fit. The effects flowed from context to relationships to success to acculturative stress, were both direct and indirect, and showed the expected signs. Both perceived mainstream context and perceived minority context were more or less equally, though distinctly, important. While the mainstream context was crucial for work success, the minority context remained especially important in leading to school success and good mental health. A good fit was found for a model in which sociocultural adaptation preceded psychological adaptation and within the sociocultural component of adaptation, quality of relationships preceded school success, which, in turn, preceded work success.Keywords
This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
- The relationship between acculturation strategies, relative fit and intergroup relations: immigrant‐majority relations in GermanyEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, 2002
- Acculturation and Adaptation RevisitedJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1999
- Integration and assimilation of Moroccan immigrants in Israel and the NetherlandsInternational Journal of Intercultural Relations, 1998
- Perceived Discrimination and Self-Esteem Among Ethnic Minority AdolescentsThe Journal of Social Psychology, 1998
- Far Away from Home: The Loneliness Experience of Overseas StudentsJournal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 1997
- Effects of social networks on cross‐cultural adjustmentJapanese Psychological Research, 1997
- Where is Culture in the Acculturation Model?Applied Psychology, 1997
- Immigration, Acculturation, and AdaptationApplied Psychology, 1997
- Acculturation experiences, appraisal, coping, and adaptation: A comparison of Hong Kong Chinese, French, and English students in Canada.Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 1989
- Cross-cultural Contact and the Development of an International PerspectiveThe Journal of Social Psychology, 1979