Biculturalism and Adjustment: A Meta-Analysis
Biculturalism and Adjustment: A Meta-Analysis
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DOI：
10.1177/0022022111435097
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
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3
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Benet-Martinez, Veronica
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作者：
Nguyen, Angela-MinhTu D.;Benet-Martinez, Veronica
双文化主义（拥有两种文化）是一种日益增长的社会现象，在过去十年中受到了心理学的相当大的关注；然而，关于双文化主义对个人适应有什么影响（如果有的话）的问题在经验上仍然不清楚。为了回答这个问题，我们进行了一项荟萃分析，包括83项研究，322项研究和23,197名参与者。基于随机效应方法的结果显示，双文化主义与适应（心理和社会文化）之间存在显著、强烈和积极的联系。这种双文化主义与适应之间的联系比拥有一种文化（主导文化或传统文化）与适应之间的联系更强。因此，我们的研究结果明显否定了早期社会学对这一现象的描述，这种描述将双文化个体描绘为“边缘”，在两个世界之间徘徊。分析还表明，双文化主义和适应之间的关联受到文化适应的测量方式、调整域和样本特征的调节。
Biculturalism (having two cultures) is a growing social phenomenon that has received considerable attention in psychology in the last decade; however, the issue of what impact (if any) biculturalism has on individuals' adjustment remains empirically unclear. To answer this question, we conducted a meta-analysis that included 83 studies, 322 rs, and 23,197 participants. Results based on the random-effects approach show a significant, strong, and positive association between biculturalism and adjustment (both psychological and sociocultural). This biculturalism- adjustment link is stronger than the association between having one culture (dominant or heritage) and adjustment. Thus, our results clearly invalidate early sociological accounts of this phenomenon, which portrayed bicultural individuals as "marginal" and stumped between two worlds. Analyses also indicate that the association between biculturalism and adjustment is moderated by how acculturation is measured, the adjustment domain, and sample characteristics.