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The Association Of Tibetan And Zhuang Minority Undergraduate's Acculturation Attitudes And Cultural Adaptation

Posted on:2009-01-14Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J L ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360242996745Subject:Development and educational psychology
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With the development of economy in recently years.More and more the minority students has went to study in big city,as the minority students is a special cormnunity in university.After entering college located in communities where densely populated by inhabitants of the Han nationality,because of their special psychology and culture characteristics,they will demonstrate difference and conflict on culture with encountering the main culture that takes the Han nationality as subject,and then some problems on the adaptability in the course of studying and living appear as well.The present study aims at finding out the preference of acculturation attitudes among Tibetan and Zhuang undergraduates,exploring the association of their choosing of these attitudes,the attitudes of the majority and cultural adaptation.Results of the survey indicate that acculturation attitudes is the most preferredThe conclusion for the study are as follows:1.Tibetan undergraduates scored significantly higher on separation than did the Zhuang minority undergraduates,and lower on assimilation and integration.2.Two minority undergraduates have different perceived attitudes of the majority,Zhuang minority undergraduates felt that they are regarded more positively by the majority than did the Tibet college students.3.Acculturation attitudes adopted by minority have different association with their psychological adjustment and social adjustment.1)Attitudes of adopted,which are deviant acculturation attitude for their group,had negatively associated with their psychological adjustment.2)With positively perceived attitudes of the majority have positive association with less difficult of social adjustment.Conversely,negatively attitudes of perceived the majority have association with more social adjustment difficult.4.Perceived attitudes of the majority can predict the problems of psychological adjustment. Positive attitudes of it have positively association with better psychological adjustment.
Keywords/Search Tags:Tibetan and zhuang minority undergraduates, acculturation attitudes, perceived attitudes of the majority, social adjustment, psychological adjustment
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