Malewska-Peyre H
Sante Ment Que. 1993 Spring;18(1):109-23.
Immigrants experience conflicting values more frequently than "native" citizens. When experienced by immigrants in their teens, clashing values can give rise to feelings of rejection, as well as a negative self-image and image of others; in some cases, these opposing values even lead to family breakups. The identity crisis worsens if the messages conveyed by the social environment are contradictory or incoherent. If these messages present negative aspects, the self-image is threatened by being discredited, for example in the case of racist stereotypes and xenophobic reactions. The most dangerous response is the internalization of a discredited image. Youth react aggressively or repress a racist experience by negating it. For some, assimilation goes as far as putting down one's very own community. On the other hand, some will place enormous value on their differences and follow a strategy that can lead to political activism, which is not without its own forms of excess. These various strategies depend on specific factors: cultural traits, political trends, community links.
移民比“本土”公民更频繁地经历相互冲突的价值观。当移民在青少年时期经历这种情况时，相互冲突的价值观会引发被排斥感，以及负面的自我形象和对他人的看法；在某些情况下，这些对立的价值观甚至会导致家庭破裂。如果社会环境传达的信息相互矛盾或不连贯，身份危机就会恶化。如果这些信息呈现出负面因素，自我形象就会因名誉受损而受到威胁，例如在种族主义刻板印象和仇外反应的情况下。最危险的反应是内化一个名誉受损的形象。年轻人会采取激进的反应，或者通过否定来压抑种族主义经历。对一些人来说，同化甚至发展到贬低自己的社区。另一方面，一些人会非常重视自己的差异，并采取一种可能导致政治激进主义的策略，而这种策略也并非没有其过度的形式。这些不同的策略取决于特定因素：文化特征、政治趋势、社区联系。
