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Title: | WHERE'S THE COGNITION IN ACCULTURATION? : A COGNITIVE MODEL OF ACCULTURATION OF THE PRC CHINESE IN SINGAPORE | Authors: | LEONG CHAN HOONG | Issue Date: | 1997 | Citation: | LEONG CHAN HOONG (1997). WHERE'S THE COGNITION IN ACCULTURATION? : A COGNITIVE MODEL OF ACCULTURATION OF THE PRC CHINESE IN SINGAPORE. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | The present study explored two cognitive measures of cross-cultural adaptation. One hundred and six PRC sojourners in Singapore completed a questionnaire which assessed their cultural empathy and sense of identity conflict in relation to various predictors that were previously suggested to be associated with effective cross-cultural adaptation. Regression analysis indicated attributional complexity, tolerance of ambiguity, quality of contact with host nationals and the integrative mode of acculturation to be predictive of the cultural empathy. These predictors accounted for 35% of the total variance m cultural empathy. In contrast, perceived discrimination, tolerance of ambiguity, amount of contact with host, and the integrative and separative mode of acculturation were responsible for identity conflict. These combined variables explained 29o/o of the total variations in the second dependent measure. In addition, the two outcome instruments were found to be negatively related with each other (r = -0.45, p < 0.001). Results demonstrated that the former adopts an intercultural perspective-taking approach as its foundation whilst the later assumes a social identity framework. The two measures provide a cognitive complement to the much researched affective and behavioural components of cross-cultural adaptation. | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/152921 |
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