Examining acculturation in mixed-couples to test cultural transmission mechanisms.

ABSTRACT: The project sought to understand the factors which underlie cultural transmission, adapting self-reported methods from cross-cultural psychology and sociology to test the external validity of several constructs from existing evolutionary models. The target population were native-foreigner mixed-couples, allowing the analyses to benefit from asymmetrical cultural inputs. Sampling took place in Italy and Portugal, with recruitment relying on social networks, online newspapers, friends, organizations, universities, parishes, and embassies. The questionnaire was personally delivered or filled online. The validated variables were: contact with a population in which the majority endorses the culture being acquired, the relative quantity of friends from that culture, the perceived relationship qu

SUBMITTER: Guerra Machado B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8985958 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature