Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Educational Science and Psychology, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Rudower Chaussee 18, 12489, Berlin, Germany.
BMC Psychol. 2015 Aug 29;3(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s40359-015-0088-x.
While ethnic discrimination emphasizes boundaries between different cultures, the concept of transculturality focuses on the fact that cultures can merge and that individuals integrate novel cultural elements into their identity. This is an exploratory study that investigates the interplay between perceived ethnic discrimination, psychological adjustment and transcultural identity.
Structured interviews were conducted using a sample of 46 adolescents with a Turkish migratory background and 45 adolescents who were native born Germans.
Correlational and multiple regression analyses revealed that perceived discrimination was clearly associated with a poorer psychological adjustment among adolescents with a migratory background. Transcultural identity moderated this relationship. That is, adolescents who showed higher levels of transcultural identity displayed a better psychological adjustment when compared to adolescents who showed lower levels of transcultural identity-provided that they did not feel discriminated against. This is congruent with the idea that transcultural identity can involve considerable benefits for personality. However, when adolescents perceived higher rates of discrimination, higher levels of transcultural identity came attached to a poorer psychological adjustment.
The findings suggest that perceived discrimination has negative effects on the well-being of immigrant adolescents-particularly for those who describe their identity as transcultural. The findings are discussed considering specific characteristics of transcultural identity, and how they stand in opposition to discrimination.
虽然族裔歧视强调不同文化之间的界限，但文化融合的超文化概念侧重于这样一个事实，即文化可以融合，个体可以将新的文化元素融入自己的身份。这是一项探索性研究，调查了感知到的族裔歧视、心理调整和超文化认同之间的相互作用。
采用结构访谈的方式，对 46 名具有土耳其移民背景的青少年和 45 名土生土长的德国青少年进行了抽样调查。
相关和多元回归分析表明，感知到的歧视与具有移民背景的青少年心理调整较差明显相关。超文化认同调节了这种关系。也就是说，与具有较低超文化认同的青少年相比，表现出较高超文化认同的青少年在没有感到歧视的情况下，心理调整更好。这与超文化认同可以给个性带来相当大的好处的观点是一致的。然而，当青少年感知到更高程度的歧视时，更高水平的超文化认同会导致更差的心理调整。
研究结果表明，感知到的歧视对移民青少年的幸福感有负面影响——特别是对于那些将自己的身份描述为超文化的青少年。考虑到超文化认同的具体特征以及它们如何与歧视相对立，讨论了这些发现。
