How do Australian majority-group members acculturate? A person-centred approach

Bibliographic Data

ID8093296
AuthorsJustine Dandy (0000-0003-3871-364X, Edith Cowan University, corresponding author), Adrian Doidge (Edith Cowan University), Katharina Lefringhausen (0000-0002-2998-1311, Heriot-Watt University), Jonas R Kunst (0000-0002-5319-1256, University of Oslo), Abraham Kenin (0000-0003-0818-2403, Edith Cowan University)
Year2023
Volume97
Pages101876-101876
Publication date2023-09-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Intercultural Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0147-1767 • E-ISSN: 1873-7552
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101876
OpenAlexW4386404505
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited35

Understanding how majority-group members adapt to cultural diversity is increasingly important in plural societies such as Australia. However, little is known about majority-group members’ acculturation towards immigrants and self-identifying minority-group members in a shared society. We address this with data from two white Australian majority group samples (Study 1, n = 212 undergraduate students and Study 2, n = 300 community sample). Using person-centred latent profile analysis, we identified majority-group members to be following an integrated (endorsing both majority and ethnic minority cultures, study 1), dominant (endorsing mostly the majority culture), disengaged (rejecting both cultures) and receptive strategy (endorsing mostly ethnic minority cultures). In Study 2 we also identified a diffuse strategy (showing no clear cultural preference). Moreover, intercultural sensitivity and intergroup contact predicted the probability of belonging to these acculturation profiles in expected ways in both studies, positively predicting profiles higher in endorsement of other culture adoption (integrated, receptive) and negatively predicting those low in other culture adoption (dominant, disengaged). We discuss our findings with reference to the need for further theoretical development of how majority groups approach acculturation and additional investigation in a range of sociocultural contexts

Acculturation · Ethnic group · Group (periodic table · Sociology · Anthropology · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology