title: The relations of parental autonomy support to cultural internalization and well-being of immigrants and sojourners.
abstract: Previous research has demonstrated that autonomy support is one particularly effective means of promoting internalization and fostering well-being. The present study sought to determine if this would also be the case with regards to culture by testing the relation of perceived parental autonomy support to the cultural internalization and well-being of multicultural students. In Study 1, 105 multicultural participants living in Canada were more likely to have fully internalized their host and heritage cultures and to have higher self-reported well-being when they reported that their parents were autonomy supportive. In Study 2, 125 Chinese-Malaysians sojourners were also more likely to have fully internalized their heritage culture and indicated higher well-being when they perceived their parents as autonomy supportive. In both studies, heritage cultural internalization was also associated with higher well-being.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada. mdownie@ego.psych.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Downie
authors.forename: Sook Ning
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Chua
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koestner
authors.forename: Maria-Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: Blanka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rip
authors.forename: Sawsan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: M'Birkou
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D012944:Social Support; D013997:Time Factors