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Acculturation Strategies and Attitudes of African Immigrants in the South of Spain: Between Reality and Hope

Marisol Navas Luque

University of Almería, Spain

María del Carmen García Fernández

University of Almería, Spain

Antonio José Rojas Tejada

University of Almería, Spain

This research is based on the work of Berry, Bourhis, Piontkowski, and their colleagues on general immigrant acculturation attitudes. The main purpose is to show that the division of the general acculturation attitude into different areas provides more complete information on the acculturation process undergone by immigrants. A new acculturation model, Relative Acculturation Extended Model, (RAEM) has been designed and tested. The model establishes seven areas of acculturation and differentiates among the acculturation strategies adopted (real situation) and the acculturation attitudes preferred (ideal situation) by immigrants. Eight hundred thirteen African immigrants (residents in the south of Spain, Andalusia) who responded to a questionnaire participated in the study. The results show that the general acculturation attitude is one of integration; however, the strategies adopted and the attitudes preferred vary depending on the areas of acculturation considered.

Key Words: acculturation attitudes • acculturation strategies • areas of acculturation • immigrants

Cross-Cultural Research, Vol. 40, No. 4, 331-351 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1069397105283405
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