Honour, acculturation and well-being: Evidence from the UK and Canada

Ayse K. Uskul*, Jorida Cila, Pelin Gul, Alexander Kirchner-Häusler, Barbora Hubená

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Abstract

Adopting a social psychological approach, across three studies (N = 927) in two western immigrant-receiving societies (UK and Canada), we examined the role of honour in acculturation variables (i.e., immigrants' heritage and mainstream cultural orientation and well-being), controlling for some of the commonly studied predictors of immigrant adaptation. We assessed honour as concern (Studies 1 and 2) and as a desired attribute for men and women (Study 3) and studied well-being in terms of acculturative stress (Study 1) and subjective evaluation of one's life (Studies 1 and 3). We examined our questions among groups of immigrants originating from honour (Studies 1 and 2) and dignity cultural groups (Study 1) and from first- and second-generation immigrants (Study 3). Overall, despite some significant associations at the bivariate level between honour and acculturation outcomes, findings provided mixed support for the claim that honour (measured as concerns and cultural codes) plays a significant role in immigrant acculturation above and beyond commonly studied predictors of immigrant adaptation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1701-1724
Number of pages24
JournalBritish Journal of Social Psychology
Volume63
Issue number4
Early online date16-Apr-2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct-2024

Keywords

  • Canada
  • cultural orientation
  • honour
  • immigrants
  • UK
  • well-being

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