Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2020
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00887
Publication Title
Frontiers in Psychology
Volume
11
Pages
887 (11 pp.)
Abstract
The present article proposes an integration between cultural psychology and developmental science. Such an integration would draw on the cultural-psychology principle of culture–psyche interactions, as well as on the developmental-science principle of person↔context relations. Our proposed integration centers on acculturation, which is inherently both cultural and developmental. Specifically, we propose that acculturation is governed by specific transactions between the individual and the cultural context, and that different types of international migrants (e.g., legal immigrants, undocumented immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, crisis migrants) encounter quite different culture–psyche interactions and person↔context relations. We outline the ways in which various acculturation-related phenomena, such as acculturation operating at macro-level versus micro-level time scales, can be viewed through cultural and developmental lenses. The article concludes with future directions in research on acculturation as an intersection of cultural and developmental processes.
Original Publication Citation
Schwartz, S. J., Szabó, Á., Meca, A., Ward, C., Martinez, C. R., Jr, Cobb, C. L., Benet-Martínez, V., Unger, J. B., & Pantea, N. (2020). The convergence between cultural psychology and developmental science: Acculturation as an exemplar. Frontiers in psychology, 11, 887. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00887
ORCID
0000-0002-3272-7701 (Meca)
Repository Citation
Schwartz, Seth J.; Szabó, Ágnes; Meca, Alan; Ward, Colleen; Martinez, Charles R. Jr.; Cobb, Cory L.; Benet-Martínez, Verónica; Unger, Jennifer B.; and Pantea, Nadina, "The Convergence Between Cultural Psychology and Developmental Science: Acculturation as an Exemplar" (2020). Psychology Faculty Publications. 104.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/psychology_fac_pubs/104
Comments
Copyright © 2020 Schwartz, Szabó, Meca, Ward, Martinez, Cobb, Benet-Martínez, Unger and Pantea. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.