Asian Journal of Social Psychology
Volume 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 176-181

Individualism and sociocultural adaptation: Discrimination and social capital as moderators among rural-to-urban migrants in China (Article)

Du H.* , Li X. , Lin D.
  • a Pediatric Prevention Research Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States, Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau
  • b Pediatric Prevention Research Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States
  • c Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Abstract

This study examined the associations of sociocultural adaptation with individualism and collectivism and the moderating roles of discrimination and social capital in the associations among rural-to-urban migrants (N=641) in Beijing, China. Results indicated that individualism was associated with poorer adaptation for migrants reporting low perceived discrimination or low social capital. However, migrants reporting high perceived discrimination showed poorer adaptation, regardless of individualism; and migrants reporting high social capital showed better adaptation, regardless of individualism. Collectivism was not related to adaptation. Findings suggest that individualism may be detrimental to migrants' adjustment to a collectivistic society. © 2014 Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.

Author Keywords

Sociocultural adaptation Migrants discrimination individualism Collectivism Social capital

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84929574871&doi=10.1111%2fajsp.12085&partnerID=40&md5=edb6371e55987f04309a18d2671f40a9
DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12085
ISSN: 13672223
Cited by: 10
Original Language: English