Feeling Half-Half?
- Growing up in multicultural environments, Turkish-heritage individuals in Europe face specific challenges in combining their multiple cultural iden- tities to form a coherent sense of self. Drawing from social identity com- plexity, this study explores four modes of combining cultural identities and their variation in relational contexts. Problem-centered interviews with Turkish-heritage young adults in Austria revealed the preference for com- plex, supranational labels, such as multicultural. Furthermore, most partici- pants described varying modes of combining cultural identities over time and across relational contexts. Social exclusion experiences throughout adolescence related to perceived conflict of cultural identities, whereas multicultural peer groups supported perceived compatibility of cultural identities. Findings emphasize the need for complex, multidimensional approaches to study ethnic minorities’ combination of cultural identities.
Author details: | Jana VietzeORCiDGND, Linda P. JuangORCiDGND, Maja Katharina SchachnerORCiDGND, Harald Werneck |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-412742 |
Title of parent work (English): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe |
Subtitle (English): | Exploring relational variation of Turkish-heritage young adults’ cultural identity compatibility and conflict in Austria |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (455) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2018/07/27 |
Publication year: | 2018 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2018/07/27 |
Tag: | Cultural identity compatibility; Turkish minority; multicultural; relational identity; social identity complexity |
Issue: | 455 |
Number of pages: | 18 |
Source: | Identity 18 (2018) Nr. 1, S. 60–76 DOI: 10.1080/15283488.2017.1410159 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access |
Grantor: | Taylor & Francis Open Access Agreement |
License (German): | CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |