Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht
Volume 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 176-186

Attributional style and acculturation of immigrants in comparison to non-migrated German children [Attributionsstil und akkulturation von migranten im vergleich zu nichtmigrierten deutschen kindern] (Article)

Roebers C.M. , Meyer U. , Schneider W.
  • a Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV, Universität Würzburg, Germany, Institut für Psychologie, Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV, Röntgenring 10, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany
  • b Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV, Universität Würzburg, Germany, Institut für Psychologie, Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV, Röntgenring 10, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany
  • c Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV, Universität Würzburg, Germany, Institut für Psychologie, Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV, Röntgenring 10, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany

Abstract

Germany faces a never expected wave of immigrants since the political liberalization in Eastern Europe. In a longitudinal study, two groups of immigrant children from Eastern Europe and from Eastern Germany were compared with two non-immigrant groups in Western and Eastern Germany. The 3rd to 5th graders were questioned in regard to their attributions for success and failure. The immigrants from Eastern Europe attributed their success and failures more often to task-difficulty than the non-immigrants. The attribution to effort for success and failure was most frequently used by all groups. A slight acculturation process of the immigrants from Eastern Europe to the Western German students was observed over a one year period by showing group specific changes.

Author Keywords

Acculturation Attributional style immigrants Longitudinal study

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ISSN: 0342183X
Cited by: 1
Original Language: German