“We Are in This Together”: Common Group Identity Predicts Majority Members’ Active Acculturation Efforts to Integrate Immigrants

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1438-1453

  Kunst, Jonas R ^a,b,c   Thomsen, Lotte ^a,b,c   Sam, David L ^d   Berry, John W ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f National Research University   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

acculturation; common group identity; dual identity; integration; modern racism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT; MINORITY GROUP; POPULATION GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; POPULATION GROUPS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941749750     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167215599349     Document Type: Article

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