Cross-cultural Psychology and Psychology of Acculturation: Analytical Study of Identity Strategies and Acculturation

Volume |Issue 26| Autumn 2018 |Articles

Abstract

This theoretical paper aims to cast light on cross-cultural psychology in general. It provides a brief historical overview of the relationship of psychology to culture and the emergence of cross-cultural psychology and psychology of acculturation and its aims, indicating the importance of this academic field in studying psychological and sociological phenomena in multicultural societies. The study presents a comparative analytical reading of the theories of identity strategies and acculturation strategies, and proposes combining and reconciling them in a way that connects the individual (micro) psychological level and the collective sociological (macro) level in analysis and generalization. This vision aims to transcend specifics and the trend of narrow psychological responses towards more comprehensive understanding of individuals’ behavior within pluralist societies.

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Assistant professor in psychology at the College of Psychology and Social Work, Doha Centre for Graduate Studies. Received his doctorate in psychology from Lyon University in France, 2007. Has published a number of articles and research papers about identity and belonging, in-group feeling an sectarianism, culture, social integration and cross-cultural psychology in Arab and international journals.

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