Acculturation and Contact in Japanese Students Studying in the United Kingdom

Bibliographic Data

ID8093689
AuthorsKaty Greenland (0000-0003-0096-2851, corresponding author), Rupert Brown (0000-0002-5153-6062)
Year2005
Volume145
Issue4
Pages373-390
Publication date2005-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4545 • E-ISSN: 1940-1183
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3200/socp.145.4.373-390
PMID16050337
OpenAlexW2078047544
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited37

Acculturation theory has been the dominant model that investigators use in examining the effects of transmigration. This theory indicates the problematic effects of intercultural contact in terms of adjustment and stress. One criticism of this theory, however, is its lack of integration with the more generic contact literature. This literature suggests that intergroup contact can have positive effects on intergroup relations. The authors presented a longitudinal study of 35 Japanese nationals living in the United Kingdom over a period of 12 months. The present results suggested that both conventional acculturation variables (e.g., language ability and perceived cultural distance) and intergroup variables (e.g., in-group bias and intergroup anxiety) were associated with acculturative stress and psychosomatic illness over time. Higher intergroup anxiety was associated with increased acculturative stress, whereas higher in-group bias was associated with reduced psychosomatic illness. The present results indicated the possibility that these variables add an important dimension to the acculturation literature

Acculturation · Anxiety · Criticism · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Linguistics · Psychiatry · Sociology · Stress (linguistics · Cultural Differences and Values · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology

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