International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Volume 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 507-532

Acculturation orientations of competing host communities toward valued and devalued immigrants (Article)

Montreuil A. , Bourhis R.Y.*
  • a Département de Psychologie, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Centre-Ville, Montreal, Que. H3C 3P8, Canada
  • b Département de Psychologie, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Centre-Ville, Montreal, Que. H3C 3P8, Canada

Abstract

This study explored how members of competing host communities may endorse different acculturation orientations towards valued and devalued immigrants settled in the bilingual city of Montreal. Francophone (N = 422) and Anglophone (N = 401) host community students from low-, medium- and high-ethnic diversity colleges completed the host community acculturation scale (HCAS) along with a questionnaire monitoring a range of social psychological correlates of acculturation orientations. Results showed that Anglophones were more integrationist and individualist and less assimilationist than Francophones. Both Francophones and Anglophones were more integrationist and individualist and less assimilationist, segregationist and exclusionist toward valued than devalued immigrants. Attending a multiethnic college had no influence on respondents' acculturation orientations. The more welcoming acculturation orientations of Anglophones compared to Francophones was corroborated by results obtained with immigrants attending the French and the English colleges. Social psychological profiles of the respective acculturation orientations were similar across both host communities thus supporting the construct validity of the HCAS. Attitude toward co-national outgroup was a significant determinant of each acculturation orientations, suggesting that intergroup relations between rival host communities has an impact on acculturation orientations toward immigrants. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

immigrants Host community Integration Assimilation Acculturation Canada

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2005.01.002
ISSN: 01471767
Cited by: 55
Original Language: English