Being prepared for acculturation: On the importance of the first months after immigrants enter a new culture.

Autor/inn/en	Ramelli, Marcella; Florack, Arnd; Kosic, Ankica; Rohmann, Anette
Titel	Being prepared for acculturation: On the importance of the first months after immigrants enter a new culture.
Quelle	In: International journal of psychology, 48 (2013) 3, S. 363-373Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-7594; 1464-066X
DOI	10.1080/00207594.2012.656129
Schlagwörter	Gesellschaft; Akkulturation; Freundschaft; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Soziale Wahrnehmung; Akkulturation; Freundschaft; Gesellschaft; Soziale Wahrnehmung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interkulturelle Differenz
Abstract	The authors hypothesized that perceived communication effectiveness at arrival and initial friendships with members of the receiving society during the first months after arrival in a new country have a long-term effect on the development of acculturation orientations and that this effect is pronounced for individuals with a high need for cognitive closure (NCC). Theses hypotheses were examined in a study with 146 Spanish-speaking immigrants in Switzerland and 147 in Italy. Participants were asked to indicate their current attitude to contact with the receiving society and cultural maintenance and report retrospectively their perceived communication effectiveness at arrival and initial friendships. In line with the predictions, the perceptions of high communication effectiveness at arrival and friendships with members of the receiving society during the initial phase in the new culture were positively correlated with the current attitude to contact with the receiving society assessed 7 years after arrival on average. Also, initial friendships with members of the receiving society were negatively correlated with present cultural maintenance. Moreover, with an increase in NCC, these correlations increased. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2014/2