%0 Journal Article
%T Estrategias de aculturaci¨®n y adaptaci¨®n psicol¨®gica y sociocultural de estudiantes extranjeros en la Argentina
%A Castro Solano
%A Alejandro
%J Interdisciplinaria
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X at present the number of foreign university student is one of the largest in modern history. it has been characterized as those who reside voluntarily and temporarily abroad in order to participate in educational exchange with the intention of returning to their country once they have achieved the purpose of their trip. these kinds of student have been classified as sojourners (temporary residents) and they are people who migrate from one cultural context for a relatively long time (6 months to 5 years). in the last decade argentina start hosting a large amount of foreign university students, attracted by the language, the favorable economic conditions and the prestige of universities in latin america. university students have to deal with a psychological phenomenon called acculturation and it is the process of psychological and cultural change resulting from intercultural contact. adaptation to this event can be either psychological or cultural. the psychological is related to the well-being experienced as a result of cultural contact. cultural adaptation involves the implementation of social skills needed to function effectively within a complex cultural environment. based on acculturation berry¡äs model a study was designed to test the acculturative strategies applied by a group of foreign students who had migrated to carry on university studies in argentina. berry propose two separate dimensions: (1) immigrants feel their cultural identity and customs as valuable enough to keep them in the host society (maintenance) and (2) relationships with other people or groups in society are truly valuable to identified and encouraged (participation). these dimensions lead to four acculturation strategies. (a) integration: the migrant try to maintain their cultural heritage and also maintains contact with the dominant cultural group. (b) assimilation: the individual does not retain their native culture and attempts to maintain contact only with dominant culture members. (c)
%K acculturation
%K university students
%K acculturative strategies
%K psychological adjustment
%K cultural adjustment.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1668-70272011000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en