@article{article_543991, title={ACCULTURATION PROCESS OF TURKISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES}, journal={Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi}, pages={1–13}, year={2019}, DOI={10.30794/pausbed.543991}, author={Güler, Abdurrahim}, keywords={: Acculturation,Turkish immigrants,Ethnic Identity,Heritage Culture}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">This study aims to investigate how
Turkish immigrants manage their lives in the United States (US) and the
relationship between acculturation pathways and demographic background of Turkish
immigrants. Data was collected from 467 Turkish immigrants who were born
outside of the US. This study adopts a bidimensional
acculturation approach, stating that both heritage and dominant host cultures
can live together. </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Results suggest that demographic
backgrounds are significantly linked to both their heritage and </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">dominant </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">host cultures, therefore they have
important effects on the acculturation process of </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">Turkish </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">immigrants. Ethnic identity is found to
be the most significant factor predicting involvements in heritage culture,
whereas American identity contributes the most predicting involvements in the dominant host culture. The most preferred
acculturation pathway is integration among Turkish immigrants in the US. The
results confirmed acculturation process is bi-dimensional, not a zero-sum game as we found a significant positive
correlation between the heritage and the </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">dominant </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">host cultures, which </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> assume the independence and orthogonal of
involvements in the dominant host and heritage cultures. <i> </i> </span> </p> <p> <i> </i> </p> <i> </i>}, number={37}, publisher={Pamukkale University}