Buffering acculturative stress and facilitating cultural adaptation: nostalgia as a psychological resource
Buffering acculturative stress and facilitating cultural adaptation: nostalgia as a psychological resource
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DOI：
10.4324/9781441605054-33
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发表时间：
2009-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
C. Sedikides;T. Wildschut;C. Routledge;Jamie Arndt;Xinyue Zhou
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作者：
C. Sedikides;T. Wildschut;C. Routledge;Jamie Arndt;Xinyue Zhou
Immigration and migration, albeit a steady force throughout human history, are reaching unprecedented proportions. There were 191 million immigrants in 2005, projected to reach 350 million by the year 2025 (United Nations, 2002, 2006). Adding to this statistic are the short-term migrants: assorted sojourners or expatriates, approximately one million international students each year (Open Doors, 1996/1997), and 874 million tourists in 2005, projected to reach 1.6 billion by 2020 (United Nations World Tourism Organization, 2006, 2008). Our focus in this chapter is on immigrants, although our discussion is also relevant to migrants— especially sojourners, expatriates, and international students. We first discuss the negative experiences or stressors facing immigrants as they strive to adjust in their host country (also referred to as recipient society or society of settlement). We proceed with a consideration of a crucial psychological consequence of these stressors: acculturative stress. Next, we introduce the construct of nostalgia, elaborate on its properties and triggers, and highlight its functions as a psychological resource. In the ensuing section, we offer and develop the central claim of this chapter. Specifically, we emphasize the role of nostalgia as a coping strategy for alleviating acculturative stress and for contributing to successful acculturation patterns (e.g., integration).
