Abstract
The purpose of this research is to study acculturation strategies and attitudes in central and peripheral domains of host and immigrant couples in an Italian context. The participants were 60 dyads (30 host couples and 30 immigrant couples) who completed a questionnaire based on the Relative Acculturation Extended Model (RAEM). Based on the analysis, we found that the general acculturation attitude preferred by immigrant couples is integration, and Italian couples prefer that immigrants adopt it. Furthermore, Italian partners show moderate internal agreement, whereas immigrant couples show a high degree of agreement. In both groups, the level of agreement between dyadic members is only partially determined by their membership within a social group. The socio-cultural context has a significant role in the internal similarity of Italian couples. In contrast, there is dyadic agreement within immigrant couples.
Highlights
It is a two-dimensional model that describes the four acculturation outcomes: assimilation, integration, marginalization and separation. For both groups of participants, we reported the deviation from the mean value (3) of the average scores for the two questions about general acculturation attitude
This study aimed to describe the general acculturation attitudes and acculturation strategies and attitudes in the peripheral and central domains of life from a family perspective in host and immigrant dyads
In line with previous studies conducted at the individual level (Berry, 1997; Navas Luque et al, 2006; Van Oudenhoven et al, 1998; Zagefka & Brown, 2002), the general acculturation attitude preferred by immigrant dyads was integration
Summary
The aims of the present research are to study the acculturation process of Italian and immigrant families. Over the past 10 years according to the results of the 15th general census of 2011 (ISTAT, 2013), the Italian population increased by 2.7 million people. The ISTAT (2017) report shows that a change occurred in the last twenty years in migration flows in terms of the heterogeneity of backgrounds and the stabilization of immigrant presence in the territory. Indicators of this phenomenon are the increase in indefinite resident permits and acquisition of citizenship by naturalization, transmitted from parents to children and reaching adult age for those born in Italy. Recent statistics on Italian family reunions state that most of the migratory movements are tied to reasons concerning the family
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