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The role of dialectical self and bicultural identity integration in psychological adjustment.
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Journal of personality [J Pers] 2013 Feb; Vol. 81 (1), pp. 61-75. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jan 02. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Objective: We applied the concept of naïve dialecticism (Peng & Nisbett, ), which characterizes East Asians' greater tendency to encompass contradictory, ever-changing, and interrelated features of an entity, to bicultural contexts and examined its effects on psychological well-being across various acculturating groups.<br />Method: We administered questionnaire measures of the dialectical self, bicultural identity integration (BII; Benet-Martínez & Haritatos, 2005), and well-being to Hong Kong Chinese (N = 213) in Study 1 and Mainland Chinese (N = 239) in Study 2. In Study 3, a 4-week longitudinal study was conducted among Hong Kong Chinese (N = 173) to test the relationships of these variables over time. We then extended similar measures to new immigrants from Mainland China (N = 67) in Study 4 and Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong (N = 153) in Study 5.<br />Results: Five studies converged to show that psychological adjustment was positively related to BII, but negatively related to the dialectical self. In Studies 1-3, dialecticism mediated the effect of BII on psychological adjustment among Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese bicultural individuals.<br />Conclusions: Our findings reveal the deleterious effects of tolerance for contradiction on well-being and differentiate biculturalism patterns of immigration-based and globalization-based acculturation.<br /> (© 2012, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1467-6494
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of personality
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22582986
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00791.x