The Acquisition of Cultural Identity among Children Growing Up in a Multicultural Setting, with a Special Reference to Cultural Grammar for Dealing with Peers and Adults.
1987
Konferenz
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Based on the premise that the most important activity of socialization is the construction of meaning systems in a person's mind, this paper describes a study of U.S. children and adolescents who reside in Japan and Japanese children and adolescents who reside in the United States. The study attempted to isolate specific developmental processes that indicated how and when culture-specific meaning systems became incorporated in a person's self-concept. Findings indicated that the greatest differences between Japanese and U.S. children are those pertaining to the norms of interpersonal behavior, but children between the ages of 9 and 15 from both cultures appear to acquire culture-specific meaning systems based on the age of entry into a country and the length of their stay. Once acquired, cultural grammar constitutes the core of cultural identity and appears to affect interaction with peers and adults. During adolescence, young people consciously reexamine and redefine these cultural effects. A nine-item bibliography is included. (JHP)
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The Acquisition of Cultural Identity among Children Growing Up in a Multicultural Setting, with a Special Reference to Cultural Grammar for Dealing with Peers and Adults.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Minoura, Yasuko |
Veröffentlichung: | 1987 |
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