Does acculturation predict interpersonal adjustment? It depends on who you talk to

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• 作者：Andrew G. Ryder^a ; ^{andrew.ryder@concordia.ca} ; Lynn E. Alden^b ; Delroy L. Paulhus^b ; Jessica Dere^c
• 关键词：Acculturation ; Interpersonal problems ; Chinese-Canadians ; Interpersonal circumplex ; Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA)
• 刊名：International Journal of Intercultural Relations
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：July, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：37
• 期：4
• 页码：502-506
• 全文大小：398 K

文摘

Much acculturation research has investigated links with depression or with general psychological adjustment. Social adjustment, although critical to the acculturation process, has been relatively neglected. The association between acculturation and interpersonal problems was assessed in two samples of Chinese-Canadian university students using the Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA) and the circumplex version of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP-C). Sample 1 participants (N = 185) completed the standard IIP-C, yielding a single effect: Mainstream acculturation predicted fewer problems with nonassertiveness. Sample 2 (N = 187) completed a short-form of the IIP-C twice - once referring specifically to problems they experienced in interacting with Chinese-Canadians and once referring specifically to problems interacting with Euro-Canadians. In this case, heritage acculturation predicted a pattern of interpersonal problems with Chinese-Canadian others and mainstream acculturation predicted a similar pattern with Euro-Canadian others. These results support the use of interpersonal adjustment measures in acculturation research, and suggest that such instruments should be modified so that questions refer directly to salient cultural groups in the respondent's social world.