Social Psychological Adaptation: A Case Study of the of Migrant Muslims in Lanzhou City, China

摘要

Based on information from 542 survey samples, the social psychological adaptation of Migrant Muslims in Lanzhou city of China is examined using quantitative methods. The results show that: 1) the social psychological adaptation of Migrant Muslims depends on both individual characteristics and unique religious and cultural traditions inherited within this group. In general, Migrant Muslims both have adapted to urban society in their psychology with a low level of adaptation and showed different degree of adaptation between different connotations of psychological adaptation; 2) their social psychological adaptation has changed with their age: relatively highly educated Migrant Muslims show obvious resistance in their psychological adaptation; the ethnic homogeneity (same religious culture, faith, customs, ethnicity and psychology), can serve to shorten the distance between Migrant Muslims and the native Muslims in Lanzhou city, leading to a sense of urban association and acknowledgement of self identity amongst these Migrant Muslims.