TY  - JOUR
T1  - ACCULTURATION PROCESS OF TURKISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES
TT  - ABD’DEKİ TÜRK GÖÇMENLERDE KÜLTÜRLEŞME SÜRECİ
AU  - Güler, Abdurrahim
PY  - 2019
DA  - October
Y2  - 2019
DO  - 10.30794/pausbed.543991
JF  - Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi
JO  - PAUSBED
PB  - Pamukkale Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1308-2922
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
IS  - 37
LA  - en
AB  - This study aims to investigate howTurkish immigrants manage their lives in the United States (US) and therelationship between acculturation pathways and demographic background of Turkishimmigrants. Data was collected from 467 Turkish immigrants who were bornoutside of the US. This study adopts a bidimensionalacculturation approach, stating that both heritage and dominant host culturescan live together. Results suggest that demographicbackgrounds are significantly linked to both their heritage and dominanthost cultures, therefore they haveimportant effects on the acculturation process of Turkishimmigrants. Ethnic identity is found tobe the most significant factor predicting involvements in heritage culture,whereas American identity contributes the most predicting involvements in the dominant host culture. The most preferredacculturation pathway is integration among Turkish immigrants in the US. Theresults confirmed acculturation process is bi-dimensional, not a zero-sum game as we found a significant positivecorrelation between the heritage and the dominant host cultures, which assume the independence and orthogonal ofinvolvements in the dominant host and heritage cultures.
KW  - : Acculturation
KW  - Turkish immigrants
KW  - Ethnic Identity
KW  - Heritage Culture
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.543991
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/838529
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