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Towards an Interactive Acculturation Model: A Social Psychological Approach

Richard Y. Bourhis,

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Richard Y. Bourhis

Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Léna Céline Moïse,

Léna Céline Moïse

Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Stéphane Perreault,

Stéphane Perreault

Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Sacha Senécal,

Sacha Senécal

Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Richard Y. Bourhis,

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Richard Y. Bourhis

Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada

Léna Céline Moïse,

Léna Céline Moïse

Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Stéphane Perreault,

Stéphane Perreault

Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Sacha Senécal,

Sacha Senécal

Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada

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First published: 21 September 2010

https://doi.org/10.1080/002075997400629

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Abstract

The first part of this paper proposes a continuum of ideological premises that seeks to account for the broad range of immigrant integration policies adopted by Western democratic states. In the second part, a review of Social Psychological models of immigrant acculturation strategies demonstrates the need to explain more clearly the interactive nature of immigrant and host community relations. The Interactive Acculturation Model (IAM) presented next proposes that relational outcomes are the product of the acculturation orientations of both the host majority and immigrant groups as influenced by state integration policies. The model makes predictions regarding the acculturation combinations most likely to produce consensual, problematic, and conflictual relational outcomes between immigrants and members of the host community. Social psychological research is needed to test the validity of the IAM model empirically.

Abstract

La première partie de cet article propose un continuum des prémisses idéologiques qui animent les états démocratiques dans la formulation de leurs politiques d'intégration envers les immigrants. En deuxième partie, un survol des modèles proposés par la Psychologie Sociale pour décrire les modes d'acculturation des immigrants démontre la nécessité de tenir compte de l'interaction entre les aspirations culturelles des groupes d'immigrants et celles de la communauté d'accueil. Le modèle d'acculturation interactif (MAI), présenté en troisième partie, propose que les rencontres interculturelles seront consensuelles, problématiques ou conflictuelles, selon les permutations des modes d'acculturation des immigrants et des membres de la communauté d'accueil. Les assises théoriques du MAI sont à vérifier dans des recherches empiriques à venir.

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