The role of majority attitudes towards out-group in the perception of the acculturation strategies of immigrants

Functions of the common ingroup identity model and acculturation strategies in intercultural communication: American host nationals’ communication with Chinese international students

“…Specifically, the majority status group prefers the one group identification (i.e., assimilation) to two sub-groups in one group identification (i.e., integration). However, consistent with the findings from the majority of previous acculturation and intergroup contact research in intercultural contexts (Eller & Abrams, 2004;Kosic et al, 2005; see also van Oudenhoven et al, 1998), results from this study demonstrated equally positive functions of the assimilation (i.e., one group identification) and integration (i.e., two sub-groups in one group identification) conditions. These results imply that, regardless of the levels of the Chinese international student's identification with Chinese culture (i.e., low as in the assimilation condition or high as in the integration condition), American host nationals judged the student positively as long as the student showed a strong sense of connection to American culture by assimilating or integrating to the American society.…”

“…Prior research has shown that the majority status group prefers and expects racial minority status groups to assimilate into the majority group's norms, systems, and lifestyles (e.g., Nier et al, 2001). However, findings from the current study along with those from previous intercultural studies (e.g., Kosic et al, 2005;van Oudenhoven et al, 1998) demonstrated the equally positive functions of the assimilation (i.e., one group identification) and integration (i.e., two sub-groups in one group identification) conditions. In fact, it is easier for a racial minority 81 status group to assimilate to the racial majority within the same broad cultural group because the minority status group members typically use the language and communication practices which are not drastically different from those of the majority status group.…”

“…Research in an interracial context has found that identifying racially different others as a part of one's own group (i.e., one group identification/assimilation) improves interpersonal and intergroup relations from the majority status group's perspective, whereas identifying dualidentity (i.e., two sub-groups in one group/integration) in racially different others improves interpersonal and intergroup relations from the minority status groups' perspectives (Dovidio et al, 2007;van Oudenhoven et al, 1998). In addition, prior research (e.g., Eller & Abrams, 2004;Kosic et al, 2005) demonstrated that low identification with the mainstream culture (i.e., two groups identification/separation and individuals identification/marginalization) was perceived negatively by members of the majority status group.…”

“…Guided by prior research on CIIM (e.g., Eller & Abrams, 2004;Nier et al, 2001) and the acculturation framework (Kosic, et al, 2005;van Oudenhoven et al, 1998) exploring interpersonal consequences of contact, the current study hypothesizes that the assimilation (i.e., one group) strategy will have the most positive interpersonal consequences followed by the integration (i.e., two sub-groups in one group) strategy. Based on the findings from Greenland and Brown's (1999) and Eller and Abrams' (2004) studies, this study further hypothesizes that the marginalization (i.e., separate individuals) strategy will have better interpersonal consequences than the separation (i.e., two groups) strategy.…”

Relations Between Acculturation And Alcohol Use Among International Students

“…Adaptation to a host culture without retaining elements of one's traditional culture results in assimilation. In these two scenarios, the individual is assumed to be able to access enough coping resources so as to withstand the stressful experiences related to adaptation to the host culture and broader processes of adjustment (Kosic, Mannetti, & Sam, 2005;Liem, Lim, & Liem, 2000).…”