Search results for "bicultural"
showing 9 items of 9 documents
Identity, Couple and Intergroup Dynamics in Intercultural Families: Implications on Life Satisfaction of Partners
2019
The current study analyzed how identity, couple, and intergroup dynamics are related to life satisfaction among 210 intercultural partners living in Italy. Three levels of analysis were considered: a micro level, taking into account the identity aspect of each partner in terms of self- or hetero-ethnic identification; a meso level, examining the passion, commitment, and intimacy of the couple sphere of the partners; a macro level investigating the discrimination that partners can perceive by the community as an effect of the relationship between dominant and minority groups. The results show that for both partners, foreign and Italian, the variables that have a predictive value on life sati…
Changing Scholarly Interpretations of Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Ša)
2019
The Yankton Sioux writer and activist Gertrude Bonnin (1876-1938), better known by her Lakota name, Zitkala-Ša (Red Bird), was perhaps the most prominent Native American woman of the early twentieth century. In her writings, she consistently overturned conventions of language and meaning to subvert and criticize the American discourse of civilization. Bonnin’s use of English as a tool of resistance has invited misrepresentations and misunderstandings. Criticism can be distilled into three interpretive frameworks: liminal, assimilationist and bicultural. Liminal scholarship focuses on Bonnin’s 1900 semi-autobiography for the Atlantic Monthly, which laments the author’s separation from her bi…
Is There a Paradox of Adaptation in Immigrant Children and Youth across Europe?: A Literature Review
2018
This review examines how well children of immigrants in Europe are doing in terms of educational, psychological, and behavioral outcomes. Based on theory and research in developmental, social and acculturation psychology fields, we explore the immigrant paradox (e.g., first-generation immigrant children show better adaptation in comparison to their native and second-generation counterparts) and migration morbidity (e.g., immigrants display less favorable outcomes than natives) in 102 studies conducted in 14 European countries. We conclude that theoretical assumptions of developmental (e.g., promoting context in families, schools, neighborhoods), social (e.g., intercultural behaviors and att…
Bicultural couples from Family to Community: Educational Styles and Place Identity
2014
The paper examines the dynamics of bicultural couples in which one partner is autochthonous and the other is of foreign nationality. Two levels of analysis were considered: a macro level studying the place identity in reference to the general social context and the residential neighbourhood, in particular; the second level refers to the dynamics of the couple and examines the strategies for managing differences between partners and the educational styles adopted in the presence of children. According to the basic assumptions of qualitative research, 22 mixed couples living in Sicily were interviewed. To analyse the contents which emerged from interviews the Atlas.ti software was used. Throu…
Familias interculturales: aspectos psicosociales de un fenomeno en construccion - Bicultural couples: from family to community
2012
The research examines the dynamics of bicultural couples in which one partner is autochthonous and the other is of foreign nationality. Two levels of analysis were considered: a macro level studying the identity of place in reference to the general social context and the residential neighbourhood, in particular; the second level refers to the dynamics of the couple and examines the strategies for managing differences between partners and the educational styles adopted in the presence of children. According to the basic assumptions of qualitative research, 42 mixed couples living in Sicily were interviewed. To analyse the contents which emerged from interviews the Atlas.ti software was used.…
Bicultural couples: from family to community
2012
The paper examines the dynamics of bicultural couples in which one partner is autochthonous and the other is of foreign nationality. Two levels of analysis were considered: a macro level studying the identity of place in reference to the general social context and the residential neighbourhood, in particular; the second level refers to the dynamics of the couple and examines the strategies for managing differences between partners and the educational styles adopted in the presence of children. According to the basic assumptions of qualitative research, 22 mixed couples living in Sicily were interviewed. To analyse the contents which emerged from interviews the Atlas.ti software was used. Th…
Cultural identity of bilinguals in Finland : subjective experiences of English-Finnish -speaking bilinguals
1999
INDOVINA CHI VIENE A CENA? QUESTIONI PSICO-SOCIO-GIURIDICHE NEL CICLO DI VITA DELLA COPPIA MISTA
2013
La famiglia, gruppo sociale con storia e che crea storia (Scabini, 1985), è stata negli anni protagonista di numerose trasformazioni nella sua struttura e nelle sue funzioni. Tra le nuove forme familiari oggetto di ricerca in campo psico-sociale vi è le coppia mista determinata anchʾessa da fenomeni demografici ed economici che, a loro volta, hanno richiesto adattamenti sociali e interventi legislativi ad hoc. Lʾanalisi delle caratteristiche della coppia mista consente di esplorare la praticabilità dellʾintegrazione di differenti esperienze culturali a livello di rapporto di coppia, familiare e sociale (Scabini, Regalia e Giuliani, 2007), esprimendo il livello più profondo dʾincontro tra cu…
Finnish-German young adult's bicultural identity and its realization in Finland
2015
Since Germany is one of Finland’s biggest trade partners and at the same time Finland is an emigration country for its young adults, i.e. potential employees, it is important to study the Finnish-German young adults and their cultural identity in Finland. In today’s global world also the Finnish society is developing into a culturally diverse direction which is why different cultural groups and their conditions in Finland should be studied widely. This thesis provides one perspective to this broad discussion. This thesis has three research focuses. First, it was researched how Finnish-German young adults who have lived the majority of their lives in Finland perceive their cultural identity.…