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Who adopts the culture of ethnic minority groups? A personality perspective on majority-group members’ acculturation

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Kunst, Jonas R., Lefringhausen, Katharina, Skaar, Sara W. and Obaidi, Milan (2021) Who adopts the culture of ethnic minority groups? A personality perspective on majority-group members’ acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 81 . pp. 20-28. doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.01.001 ISSN 01471767.

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Abstract

Acculturation is commonly conceptualized as a two-way process in which all groups involved in intercultural contact change. Yet, very little is known about the acculturation orientations of majority-group members and the factors that differentiate those who adopt aspects of minority groups’ culture from those who reject them. In the present research, we for the first time aimed to answer this question from a personality perspective. A total of 301 White majority-group members living in the U.S. first completed a personality assessment and then indicated the extent to which they maintained their own culture and adopted the culture of ethnic minority groups. Our analytic approach combined top-down variable-centered and bottom-up person-centered analyses. In terms of variable-centered analyses, participants who adopted the culture of minority groups scored lower on conscientiousness and higher on openness. Moreover, adoption of minority-group cultures was positively associated with the personality facets sociability and inquisitiveness, and negatively with modesty and prudence. In terms of person-centered analyses, four acculturation clusters emerged, resembling strategies commonly observed among minority groups: marginalization, separation, integration and a diffuse strategy in which participants scored around the midpoint on own culture maintenance as well as minority culture adoption. Interestingly, especially this diffuse cluster differed from the other clusters on personality traits and facets, with participants tending to be more open than integrated and separated individuals, and less conscientious than separated individuals. The present report suggests that personality traits may help explain how majority-group members acculturate and highlights avenues for future research.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Acculturation , Assimilation (Sociology), Cultural fusion, Cultural appropriation
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 01471767
Official Date: March 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
March 2021Published
11 January 2021Available
5 January 2021Accepted
Volume: 81
Page Range: pp. 20-28
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.01.001
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 11 January 2021
Date of first compliant Open Access: 11 January 2023

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