The Psychodynamics of Biculturalism.

摘要

The focus of the present research includes refinement and validation of a model that might be used to understand and predict the development of certain bicultural characteristics, including personality variables relating to bicultural functioning, roles and situational factors, bicultural identity and socialization. An inventory designed to assess degree of experience with Mexican-American and mainstream Anglo cultures was administered to 402 Mexican-American college students. Based on the results of the inventory, 41 of these subjects were identified as having a high degree of biculturalization and selected for administration of a battery of tests and a life history interview. Thirty-eight of the completed interviews provided sufficient information about their socialization, development, and functioning to warrant inclusion in a multidimensional content analysis. Results indicated support for the model of bicultural psychodynamics proposed by the authors.