The effect of cross-cultural living on personality: assimilation and accommodation among Taiwanese young adults in the United States.
Cross-cultural living represents a transition that entails significant psychological disequilibration, to which individuals may respond with assimilation (retention of existing schemas) or accommodation (creation of new schemas; J. Block, 1982). Using the 3 California Psychological Inventory vector scales, the author assessed the personality of 97 Taiwanese young adults studying in the United States prearrival and at 1 and 2 years postarrival. The study found support for both assimilation (stability) and accommodation (change) in personality secondary to cross-cultural living.
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Yu-Wen
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School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7400, USA. ywying10@socrates.berkeley.edu
D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States