Acculturation of Greek Americans: Change and continuity in cognitive schemas guiding intimate relationships

International Journal of Psychology : Journal International De Psychologie
James Koutrelakos

Abstract

The study compares Greek Americans to Greeks and to third-generation white Americans in their endorsement of two cognitive schemas guiding intimate relationships. Greek Americans were more rejecting of low self-disclosure in intimate relationships than were Greeks but did not differ from them on how strongly they advocated sacrificing the self for one's partner. By contrast, Greek Americans did not differ from Americans in their rejection of low self-disclosure and more strongly endorsed self-sacrifice in intimate relationships than did Americans. These findings were interpreted as indicating that Greek Americans have acculturated to a more individualistic orientation in terms of self-disclosure while maintaining a collectivistic orientation regarding self-sacrifice in intimate relationships. Respondents' age, cultural group, and whether they were college students or professionals interacted with how strongly individuals rejected low self-disclosure and showed that age and status differences were more pronounced between rather than within the three cultural groups. It revealed that the initial finding, showing that Greeks and Americans differed, was based on the scores of students; professionals, with one exception, did not dif...Continue Reading

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Apr 1, 1968·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·H C TriandisM Nassiakou
Jan 1, 1989·International Journal of Psychology : Journal International De Psychologie·D A RosenthalA Efklides

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Oct 4, 2017·Perspectives on Psychological Science : a Journal of the Association for Psychological Science·Cigdem Kagitcibasi

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