The bicultural phenomenon. The interplay of group prototypicality and cultural identity switching.

Autor/inn/en	Schindler, Simon; Reinhard, Marc-André; Knab, Martin; Stahlberg, Dagmar
Titel	The bicultural phenomenon. The interplay of group prototypicality and cultural identity switching.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 47 (2016) 5, S. 233-243Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000276
Schlagwörter	Gruppenidentität; Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Akkulturation; Akkulturation; Gruppenidentität; Ethnische Identität; Multikulturalität; Feedback; Ethnische Identität
Abstract	Cross-cultural research has indicated that bicultural individuals switch their behavioral patterns according to situational cultural frames. Based on self-categorization theory and evidence that being prototypical for an ingroup can increase ingroup identification, the authors investigated the idea that when being prototypical for a specific culture, bicultural individuals switch their cultural identification toward the culture for which they are prototypical. According to previous findings, the moderating role of perceived cultural compatibility was additionally investigated. In this study, cultural group prototypicality was manipulated by giving immigrant Polish-German participants test performance feedback. As hypothesized, participants either showed increased identification with the German culture when the feedback rendered them prototypically German, or with the Polish culture when the feedback rendered them prototypically Polish. This effect was moderated by perceived cultural compatibility. Implications for a self-enhancement motive are discussed. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2017/2