An exploration in psychology of culture : a phenomenological study with immigrants in Sweden
(2005)Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- We have been inspired by the existing concepts in the field of cultural psychology. With our empirical research we want to explore their eventual relevance in the life-world of immigrants in Malmö, with a phenomenological approach. We have used concepts mainly coming from J.W.Berry's works. He uses concepts like acculturation-strategy, majority/minority culture, and dominant/non-dominant culture, among others. We did a study in two schools, Lernia and Världens Hus, as we saw them as key-environments. We asked one question, about what kind of directions they would give to a newcomer to Sweden. The result we got from our 33 participants was very big and rich, but we analysed all of it in the Minerva-program.
We found very positive attitudes... (More) - We have been inspired by the existing concepts in the field of cultural psychology. With our empirical research we want to explore their eventual relevance in the life-world of immigrants in Malmö, with a phenomenological approach. We have used concepts mainly coming from J.W.Berry's works. He uses concepts like acculturation-strategy, majority/minority culture, and dominant/non-dominant culture, among others. We did a study in two schools, Lernia and Världens Hus, as we saw them as key-environments. We asked one question, about what kind of directions they would give to a newcomer to Sweden. The result we got from our 33 participants was very big and rich, but we analysed all of it in the Minerva-program.
We found very positive attitudes towards Sweden, and a will to learn the language, but this does not necessarily include identification with the country, or a will for it. (Less)
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- author
- Mörnerud, Josef and Yngström, Karl
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- invandrare, integration, identitet, acculturation, culture, psychology, Psykologi
- language
- English
- id
- 1333490
- date added to LUP
- 2005-03-04 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2005-03-04 00:00:00
@misc{1333490,
abstract = {{We have been inspired by the existing concepts in the field of cultural psychology. With our empirical research we want to explore their eventual relevance in the life-world of immigrants in Malmö, with a phenomenological approach. We have used concepts mainly coming from J.W.Berry's works. He uses concepts like acculturation-strategy, majority/minority culture, and dominant/non-dominant culture, among others. We did a study in two schools, Lernia and Världens Hus, as we saw them as key-environments. We asked one question, about what kind of directions they would give to a newcomer to Sweden. The result we got from our 33 participants was very big and rich, but we analysed all of it in the Minerva-program.
We found very positive attitudes towards Sweden, and a will to learn the language, but this does not necessarily include identification with the country, or a will for it.}},
author = {{Mörnerud, Josef and Yngström, Karl}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{An exploration in psychology of culture : a phenomenological study with immigrants in Sweden}},
year = {{2005}},
}