Basic values as a motivational framework relating individual values with acculturation strategies among Arab immigrants and refugees across different settlement contexts.

ABSTRACT: There is a lack of systematic acculturation research on the motivations underpinning the behavior of migrants, which could explain how they acculturate and adapt to their new country of residence. This paper examines the link between values, using the Schwartz Theory of Basic Human Values, and acculturation strategies among Arab immigrant and refugee groups across different settlement contexts. The results of Study 1 (Arab immigrants; N = 456) showed, as hypothesized, positive links between strategies and values: the integration strategy with conservation, social focus, self-protection, and self-transcendence values; assimilation with openness to change, personal focus, and growth values; and separation with conservation, social focus, and self-protection. These findings were genera

SUBMITTER: Abu-Rayya HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10278764 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature