Towards an Interactive Acculturation Model: A Social Psychological Approach

The first part of this paper proposes a continuum of ideological premises that seeks to account for the broad range of immigrant integration policies adopted by Western democratic states. In the second part, a review of Social Psychological models of immigrant acculturation strategies demonstrates t...

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Published in:International journal of psychology 1997-12, Vol.32 (6), p.369-386
Main Authors: Bourhis, Richard Y., Moïse, Léna Céline, Perreault, Stéphane, Senécal, Sacha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Immigrants
Immigration Policy
Social Integration
Social Psychology
Social Relations
Western Society
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Summary:The first part of this paper proposes a continuum of ideological premises that seeks to account for the broad range of immigrant integration policies adopted by Western democratic states. In the second part, a review of Social Psychological models of immigrant acculturation strategies demonstrates the need to explain more clearly the interactive nature of immigrant and host community relations. The Interactive Acculturation Model (IAM) presented next proposes that relational outcomes are the product of the acculturation orientations of both the host majority and immigrant groups as influenced by state integration policies. The model makes predictions regarding the acculturation combinations most likely to produce consensual, problematic, and conflictual relational outcomes between immigrants and members of the host community. Social psychological research is needed to test the validity of the IAM model empirically. La première partie de cet article propose un continuum des prémisses idéologiques qui animent les états démocratiques dans la formulation de leurs politiques d'intégration envers les immigrants. En deuxième partie, un survol des modèles proposés par la Psychologie Sociale pour décrire les modes d'acculturation des immigrants démontre la nécessité de tenir compte de l'interaction entre les aspirations culturelles des groupes d'immigrants et celles de la communauté d'accueil. Le modèle d'acculturation interactif (MAI), présenté en troisième partie, propose que les rencontres interculturelles seront consensuelles, problématiques ou conflictuelles, selon les permutations des modes d'acculturation des immigrants et des membres de la communauté d'accueil. Les assises théoriques du MAI sont à vérifier dans des recherches empiriques à venir.
ISSN:0020-7594
1464-066X
DOI:10.1080/002075997400629