John W Berry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3673008 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John W Berry |
| GIVEN NAMES | John W |
| FAMILY NAME | Berry |
| SIGNATURE | BERRY J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 52 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2499 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 49 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1943 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 14 |
Italian Adaptation of the Revised Multicultural Ideology Scale ( MCI‐r )
The rise of migrants from different cultural backgrounds in Italy highlights the need to promote harmonious coexistence between them and the local population. A key factor in addressing this challenge is the level of acceptance in society of a multicultural ideology. An instrument to measure this concept has recently been revised into the Revised Multicultural Ideology Scale (MCI‐r). Despite the urgency of adopting this broader ideology in Italy,…
Acculturation strategies and psychological adaptation of two generations of the same ethnic minority group in different sociopolitical contexts
Comment on “Breaking the chains of two dimensions: The tridimensional process-oriented acculturation model TDPOM”
The Search for Some General Psychological Principles for Improving Intercultural Living in Plural Societies
The dramatic increase of intercultural encounters that have resulted from international migration and globalisation has presented challenges for societies, their institutions and their residents. The assumption is usually made that most culturally plural societies and their members seek to engage in positive encounters, rather than having conflictual ones. There are many factors (political, economic and historical) that can promote or limit the a…
Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition: Acculturation, Identity, and Adaptation Across National Contexts
Validation of the Revised Multicultural Ideology Scale (MCI-r) in the UK
As worldwide migration continues to grow, valid and reliable instruments are needed to assess the psychological processes that influence the successful management of intercultural relations in different sociopolitical contexts. In this study, we test whether the original Multicultural Ideology Scale (MCI) required a revision to remain 'fit for purpose' in the current culturally plural context of the UK (MCI-r). Specifically, six subscales are pro…
Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition: Acculturation, Identity, and Adaptation Across National Contexts
The Missing Side of Acculturation: How Majority-Group Members Relate to Immigrant and Minority-Group Cultures
In many countries, individuals who have represented the majority group historically are decreasing in relative size and/or perceiving that they have diminished status and power compared with those self-identifying as immigrants or members of ethnic minority groups. These developments raise several salient and timely issues, including (a) how majority-group members’ cultural orientations change as a consequence of increasing intercultural contact …
Towards an Integration of Models of Discrimination of Immigrants: From Ultimate (Functional) to Proximate (Sociofunctional) Explanations
We integrated models of discrimination of immigrants by combining established approaches to prejudice and discrimination towards immigrants (proximate explanations) using assumptions of Evolutionary-Coalitional Theory (ultimate explanations). Based on this perspective, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), social dominance orientation (SDO), and multicultural ideology (MCI) were considered as sociofunctional motives for attitudes towards immigrants.…
Multiculturalism
Assessment of acculturation
Introduction Methodological issues are important in acculturation research. The quality of inferences based on our studies can be bolstered by using adequate, up-to-date methods. The present chapter deals with two methodological issues: the design of acculturation studies and procedures to assess acculturation. A leading theme of this chapter is that a careful choice of methodological aspects of a study, such as study and instrument design, can g…
Theoretical perspectives
The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology
Research and practice in the field of acculturation psychology is continually on the rise. Featuring contributions from over fifty leading experts in the field, this handbook compiles and systemizes the current state of the art by exploring the broad international scope of acculturation. The collection introduces readers to the concepts and issues; examines various acculturating groups (immigrants, ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples, expatriat…
Immigrant acculturation and wellbeing in Canada
This article examines the acculturation and wellbeing of immigrants in Canada. Acculturation is broadly defined as the set of cultural and psychological changes that follow the contact between two cultural groups and their members (Berry, 2005).The different ways of relating to the larger society and to their heritage group have been called acculturation strategies (Berry, 1980; Berry, Kim, Power, Young, & Bujaki, 1989). We examine some of the so…
Global psychology: Implications for cross-cultural research and management
Purpose – Psychology, both as science and practice, has been largely developed in one cultural area of the world: Europe and North America. As a result, the discipline is culture-bound, limited in its origins, concepts, and empirical findings to only this small portion of the world. The discipline is also culture-blind, largely ignoring the influence of the role of culture in shaping the development and display of human behaviour. These limitatio…
Global psychology
The study of psychology has been largely developed in Europe and the United States. It thus has close ties to the cultural traditions of those particular societies. As a result, the discipline and practice of psychology are largely culture-bound, limited in its origins, concepts, and empirical findings to only this small portion of the world. The discipline is also culture-blind, largely ignoring the influence of the role of culture in shaping th…
Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology
Migrant worker acculturation in China
Cross-Cultural Psychology: Research and Applications
Cross-Cultural Psychology is a leading textbook offering senior undergraduate and graduate students a thorough and balanced overview of the whole field of cross-cultural psychology. The team of internationally acclaimed authors present the latest empirical research, theory, methodology and applications from around the world. They discuss all domains of behavior (including development, social behavior, personality, cognition, psycholinguistics, em…
The Ineffectiveness of Group Interventions for Female Turkish Migrants with Recurrent Depression
We tested group interventions for women with a Turkish migration background living in Austria and suffering from recurrent depression. N = 66 participants were randomized to: (1) Self-Help Groups (SHG), (2) Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Groups, and (3) a Wait-List (WL) Control condition. Neither SHG nor CBT were superior to WL. On an individual basis, about one third of the participants showed significant improvements with respect to symptoms …
Intercultural Relations in Plural Societies: Research Derived from Canadian Multiculturalism Policy
One result of the intake and settlement of migrants is the formation of culturally plural societies. In these societies, the domain of intercultural relations is ripe for social psychological research. Such research can provide a knowledge basis for the development and implementation of policies and programmes in plural societies. There are three hypotheses bearing on intercultural relations being examined in much current psychological research: …
Families Across Cultures: A 30-Nation Psychological Study
Intercultural Relations in Asia: Migration and Work Effectiveness
Acculturation and Social Cohesion: Emerging Issues for Asian Immigrants in New Zealand Migrating Talent: Subsequent Mobility of Recent Asian Immigrants To and From New Zealand Immigration and Integration: The Canadian Experience Preparing Immigrants for the Economically Advanced World: Application of an Economy-Based Theoretical Framework to Intercultural Training Westerners in Taiwanese Firms: Workplace Cultural Encounters Sociocultural Competen…
The Directories of Cross-Cultural Psychology (1968-1970): Building a Network
A critique of critical acculturation
Immigration, Acculturation, and Adaptation
La psychologie interculturelle a montré qu'il existait des rapports étroits entre le contexte culturel et le développement comportemental de l'individu. Cette relation établie, l'effort des recherches interculturelles a de plus en plus porté sur ce qu'il advenait des individus quand ils tentaient de refaire leur vie dans une culture différente de leur culture d'origine. Les conséquences psychologiques à long terme de ce processus d'acculturation …
Acculturation: Living successfully in two cultures
The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology
Research and practice in the field of acculturation psychology is continually on the rise. Featuring contributions from over fifty leading experts in the field, this handbook compiles and systemizes the current state of the art by exploring the broad international scope of acculturation. The collection introduces readers to the concepts and issues; examines various acculturating groups (immigrants, ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples, expatriat…
Immigrant acculturation and wellbeing in Canada
This article examines the acculturation and wellbeing of immigrants in Canada. Acculturation is broadly defined as the set of cultural and psychological changes that follow the contact between two cultural groups and their members (Berry, 2005).The different ways of relating to the larger society and to their heritage group have been called acculturation strategies (Berry, 1980; Berry, Kim, Power, Young, & Bujaki, 1989). We examine some of the so…
Psychological, sociocultural, and marital adaptation of Turkish immigrant couples in Canada
The study examined the acculturation and adaptation of 200 married Turkish immigrants in Toronto, Canada, using self‐report questionnaires. As an extension of research from sojourners to immigrants, and from individuals to married couples, marital adaptation was introduced and three facets of adaptation were differentiated: psychological, sociocultural, and marital. The findings support the contention that adaptation is multifaceted. Consistent w…
Acculturative stress among young immigrants in Norway
The study examined the relationship between migration and the incidence of emotional disorders among 568 young Third World immigrants in Norway. Participants were 10–17 years of age. Using a questionnaire, acculturative stress (i.e., change in health status as a result of acculturation) was found to exist among the children, although having to migrate or being born in Norway was not related to mental health status. A stressful acculturative exper…
Generational differences in acculturation among Asian families in Canada: A comparison of Vietnamese, Korean, and East‐Indian groups
By examining generational differences between adolescents and their parents, the present study attempts to establish which specific aspects of strong kinship are maintained among Asian groups undergoing acculturation. Vietnamese (adolescent N = 104; parent N = 70), Korean ( N = 111; N = 83), and East‐Indian ( N = 97; N = 84) families were compared for family relations and acculturation attitudes. As compared to the Anglo‐Celtic group (adolescent …
Psychological Differentiation in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Cross-cultural studies of psychological differentiation are reviewed with the objectives of: examining the applicability, across cultures, of the main propositions of differentiation theory and the generality of its intracultural supporting data; identifying extensions of the theory, and of its empirical base, suggested by the cross-cultural findings; and delineating problems in the existing data and useful lines of further cross-cultural inquiry…
Acculturative Stress: The Role of Ecology, Culture and Differentiation
Examined is the hypothesis that the psychological response to social change would vary as a function of both the acculturative pressures brought to bear on a community, and the traditional cultural and behavioural features that characterize the community. By sampling from communities of Amerindian peoples, across an eco-cultural range, evidence was presented which indicated that the greater the cultural discontinuities across cultures, then the g…
The Missing Side of Acculturation: How Majority-Group Members Relate to Immigrant and Minority-Group Cultures
In many countries, individuals who have represented the majority group historically are decreasing in relative size and/or perceiving that they have diminished status and power compared with those self-identifying as immigrants or members of ethnic minority groups. These developments raise several salient and timely issues, including (a) how majority-group members’ cultural orientations change as a consequence of increasing intercultural contact …
An Ecocultural Taxonomy for Cross-Cultural Psychology
The problem of the interpretation or explanation of psychological variation or communality between cultures is the central methodo logical and theoretical issue in current cross-cultural psychology. There is a tendency to mistakenly equate "culture" with "nation" or "ethnic group." The concept of nation-state in cross-cultural research is used in both defining samples and interpreting results. The authors propose the use of ecological and social …
A critique of critical acculturation
Migrant worker acculturation in China
Acculturation and Mental Health Among Greek-Canadians in Toronto
Acculturation occurs when culturally diverse groups of people come into continuous first-hand contact inducing changes in the original cultural patterns of either or both groups (Redfield, Linton, & Herskovits, 1936). Following immigration, individuals of various acculturating groups can adapt in various ways (Berry, 1984): They can integrate, assimilate, or separate themselves, or they can become marginalized. Sometimes migration can be associat…
The Role of Ethnic Identification in Distinguishing Between Attitudes Towards Assimilation and Integration of a Minority Racial Group
Research in Multicultural Societies: Implications of Cross-Cultural Methods
In recent years there has been a dramatic rise in the number of comparative studies of groups within culturally plural nation states. There are two models which may serve as frameworks for guiding such research-the unicultural and the cross-cultural. An argument is advanced that research in plural societies requires a new model, one which draws primarily upon the cross-cultural model, reflecting an ideology of cultural pluralism, so that the inde…
True Patriot Love: Structure and Predictors of Canadian Pride
The strength and value of psychological attachment to one's nation is potentially complicated by other sources of identification, including ethnicity and language. In diverse societies, a crucial question is whether patriotism-feelings of pride associated with national identity-is compatible with diversity, or whether the strength and meaning of national and ethnic identities are at odds with one another. Drawing on data from a national, random s…
Acculturation of Greek Family Values
This article brings together two areas of current interest in cross-cultural psychology: acculturation and values. Specifically, to what extent do the values held by individuals change as they undergo the experience of acculturation? The cross-cultural study of values frequently examines a broad array of values, but the present study focuses on Greek family values because family is a central cultural institution. Because policies of the host soci…
Intercultural Relations in Plural Societies: Research Derived from Canadian Multiculturalism Policy
One result of the intake and settlement of migrants is the formation of culturally plural societies. In these societies, the domain of intercultural relations is ripe for social psychological research. Such research can provide a knowledge basis for the development and implementation of policies and programmes in plural societies. There are three hypotheses bearing on intercultural relations being examined in much current psychological research: …
Constructing and Expanding a Framework: Opportunities for Developing Acculturation Research
Reading the seven commentaries has provided me with an opportunity to reflect further on many of the issues confronting researchers and practioners in the field of migration studies. Because the area is so complex, it is not surprising that there is great diversity in coverage and in perspectives. However, many of the points made are similar in that they all suggest emphasis, elaboration, or addition to the text and figures that I presented. My r…
Acculturation strategies and psychological adaptation of two generations of the same ethnic minority group in different sociopolitical contexts
Towards an Integration of Models of Discrimination of Immigrants: From Ultimate (Functional) to Proximate (Sociofunctional) Explanations
We integrated models of discrimination of immigrants by combining established approaches to prejudice and discrimination towards immigrants (proximate explanations) using assumptions of Evolutionary-Coalitional Theory (ultimate explanations). Based on this perspective, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), social dominance orientation (SDO), and multicultural ideology (MCI) were considered as sociofunctional motives for attitudes towards immigrants.…
Global psychology
The study of psychology has been largely developed in Europe and the United States. It thus has close ties to the cultural traditions of those particular societies. As a result, the discipline and practice of psychology are largely culture-bound, limited in its origins, concepts, and empirical findings to only this small portion of the world. The discipline is also culture-blind, largely ignoring the influence of the role of culture in shaping th…
The Canadian Born in the United States. Leon E. Truesdell
Temne and Eskimo Perceptual Skills
Aptitudes perceptives des Temne et des Esquimaux. — Des épreuves de discrimination et d'aptitude spatiale ont été administrées à des sujets appartenant à deux sociétés différentes, les Temne du Sierra Leone et les Esquimaux de la Terre de Baffin (des sujets écossais ont été utilisés comme groupe de référence), pour vérifier l'hypothèse selon laquelle les aptitudes perceptives seraient plus développées chez les Esquimaux qui vivent de la chasse qu…
The Role of Ethnic Identification in Distinguishing Between Attitudes Towards Assimilation and Integration of a Minority Racial Group
Acculturative Stress: The Role of Ecology, Culture and Differentiation
Examined is the hypothesis that the psychological response to social change would vary as a function of both the acculturative pressures brought to bear on a community, and the traditional cultural and behavioural features that characterize the community. By sampling from communities of Amerindian peoples, across an eco-cultural range, evidence was presented which indicated that the greater the cultural discontinuities across cultures, then the g…
Psychological Differentiation in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Cross-cultural studies of psychological differentiation are reviewed with the objectives of: examining the applicability, across cultures, of the main propositions of differentiation theory and the generality of its intracultural supporting data; identifying extensions of the theory, and of its empirical base, suggested by the cross-cultural findings; and delineating problems in the existing data and useful lines of further cross-cultural inquiry…
Research in Multicultural Societies: Implications of Cross-Cultural Methods
In recent years there has been a dramatic rise in the number of comparative studies of groups within culturally plural nation states. There are two models which may serve as frameworks for guiding such research-the unicultural and the cross-cultural. An argument is advanced that research in plural societies requires a new model, one which draws primarily upon the cross-cultural model, reflecting an ideology of cultural pluralism, so that the inde…
In Memory of Herman A. Witkin (1916-1979)
Field methods in cross-cultural research
An Ecological Approach to Understanding Cognition Across Cultures
Acculturation and Mental Health Among Greek-Canadians in Toronto
Acculturation occurs when culturally diverse groups of people come into continuous first-hand contact inducing changes in the original cultural patterns of either or both groups (Redfield, Linton, & Herskovits, 1936). Following immigration, individuals of various acculturating groups can adapt in various ways (Berry, 1984): They can integrate, assimilate, or separate themselves, or they can become marginalized. Sometimes migration can be associat…
Acculturative stress among young immigrants in Norway
The study examined the relationship between migration and the incidence of emotional disorders among 568 young Third World immigrants in Norway. Participants were 10–17 years of age. Using a questionnaire, acculturative stress (i.e., change in health status as a result of acculturation) was found to exist among the children, although having to migrate or being born in Norway was not related to mental health status. A stressful acculturative exper…
An Ecocultural Taxonomy for Cross-Cultural Psychology
The problem of the interpretation or explanation of psychological variation or communality between cultures is the central methodo logical and theoretical issue in current cross-cultural psychology. There is a tendency to mistakenly equate "culture" with "nation" or "ethnic group." The concept of nation-state in cross-cultural research is used in both defining samples and interpreting results. The authors propose the use of ecological and social …
Impact of employment-related experiences on immigrants' psychological well-being and adaptation to Canada.
Acculturation of Greek Family Values
This article brings together two areas of current interest in cross-cultural psychology: acculturation and values. Specifically, to what extent do the values held by individuals change as they undergo the experience of acculturation? The cross-cultural study of values frequently examines a broad array of values, but the present study focuses on Greek family values because family is a central cultural institution. Because policies of the host soci…
Lead Article - Immigration, Acculturation, and Adaptation
La psychologie interculturelle a montrt qu’il existait des rapports ttroits entre le contexte culture1 et le dkveloppement comportemental de I’individu. Cette relation Ctablie, I’effort des recherches interculturelles a de plus en plus portt sur ce qu’il advenait des individus quand ils tentaient de refaire leur vie dans une culture diffirente de leur culture d’origine. Les consCquences psychologiques A long terme de ce processus d’acculturation …
Immigration, Acculturation, and Adaptation
La psychologie interculturelle a montré qu'il existait des rapports étroits entre le contexte culturel et le développement comportemental de l'individu. Cette relation établie, l'effort des recherches interculturelles a de plus en plus porté sur ce qu'il advenait des individus quand ils tentaient de refaire leur vie dans une culture différente de leur culture d'origine. Les conséquences psychologiques à long terme de ce processus d'acculturation …
Constructing and Expanding a Framework: Opportunities for Developing Acculturation Research
Reading the seven commentaries has provided me with an opportunity to reflect further on many of the issues confronting researchers and practioners in the field of migration studies. Because the area is so complex, it is not surprising that there is great diversity in coverage and in perspectives. However, many of the points made are similar in that they all suggest emphasis, elaboration, or addition to the text and figures that I presented. My r…
Cross-cultural psychology as a scholarly discipline: On the flowering of culture in behavioral research
Generational differences in acculturation among Asian families in Canada: A comparison of Vietnamese, Korean, and East‐Indian groups
By examining generational differences between adolescents and their parents, the present study attempts to establish which specific aspects of strong kinship are maintained among Asian groups undergoing acculturation. Vietnamese (adolescent N = 104; parent N = 70), Korean ( N = 111; N = 83), and East‐Indian ( N = 97; N = 84) families were compared for family relations and acculturation attitudes. As compared to the Anglo‐Celtic group (adolescent …
Psychological, sociocultural, and marital adaptation of Turkish immigrant couples in Canada
The study examined the acculturation and adaptation of 200 married Turkish immigrants in Toronto, Canada, using self‐report questionnaires. As an extension of research from sojourners to immigrants, and from individuals to married couples, marital adaptation was introduced and three facets of adaptation were differentiated: psychological, sociocultural, and marital. The findings support the contention that adaptation is multifaceted. Consistent w…
Conceptual approaches to acculturation
Acculturation: Living successfully in two cultures
The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology
In recent years the topic of acculturation has evolved from a relatively minor research area to one of the most researched subjects in the field of cross-cultural psychology. This edited handbook compiles and systemizes the current state of the art by exploring the broad international scope of acculturation. A collection of the world's leading experts in the field review the various contexts for acculturation, the central theories, the groups and…
The Acculturation Experience: Attitudes, Identities, and Behaviors of Immigrant Youth
This chapter examines the experiences, attitudes, and behaviors of adolescents from immigrant families in diverse societies as they move toward adulthood in the context of two or more cultural frameworks. It presents conceptual and empirical background on the acculturation experience, focusing on what psychologists term intercultural variables, specifically, acculturation attitudes, cultural identities, language proficiency and usage, peer contac…
Contexts ofacculturation
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Psychology (41 works) · Sociology (36 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (27 works) · Political science (26 works) · Acculturation (23 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (23 works) · Social Psychology (23 works) · Anthropology (17 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Ethnic group (16 works)