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Contextual influences on acculturation processes: The roles of family, community and society

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This paper outlined the major approaches to the psychological study of acculturation, drawing particular attention to the importance of context, and highlighted three significant contexts: family, ethnic community, and society/nation.
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The paper outlines the major approaches to the psychological study of acculturation, drawing particular attention to the importance of context. Three significant contexts are highlighted: family, ethnic community, and society/nation. New perspectives from our evolving program of acculturation research are introduced to illustrate contextual influences on acculturation, and future directions for empirical work are recommended.

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Examining Dehumanization Through the "Political Brain Perspective": Towards a Minimal Neuropolitical Theory for Hyperdiverse Societies

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TL;DR: The authors examined dehumanization through the "political brain perspective" towards a minimal neuropolitical theory for hyperdiverse societies, and proposed a minimization of hyperdiversity in the brain.

A Question of Balance: Exploring the Acculturation, Integration and Adaptation of Muslim Immigrant Youth * Una Cuestión de Equilibrio: Explorando la Aculturación y la Adaptación de Jóvenes Musulmanes Inmigrantes

TL;DR: This paper explored the meaning, definition and achievement of success, the process of negotiating multiple social identities, and the graphic representation of identity of young Muslims in New Zealand, finding that young Muslims aspire to achieve success in personal, social, material and religious domains and that they seek to balance potential- ly competing demands from family, friends, the Muslim community and the wider society.

Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Cultural Competency Research: The Revision and Expansion of the Sociocultural Adaptation Construct

TL;DR: The sociocultural adaptation is defined as an individual's acquisition and expression of culturally appropriate behavioural skills used to negotiate interactive aspects of a new cultural setting as discussed by the authors, which is a specific behavioural aspect of cultural competency.
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A Question of Balance: Exploring the Acculturation, Integration and Adaptation of Muslim Immigrant Youth

TL;DR: This paper explored the meaning, definition and achievement of success, the process of negotiating multiple social identities, and the graphic representation of identity of young Muslims in New Zealand, and found that young Muslims aspire to achieve success in personal, social, material and religious domains and that they seek to balance potentially competing demands from family, friends, the Muslim community and the wider society.
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The Effects of Intergroup Climate on Immigrants’ Acculturation Preferences

TL;DR: In this article, a multilevel approach was adopted to examine the effect of intergroup climate on acculturation preferences among host-majority and immigrant group members in a cross-sectional survey from Germany.
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