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Embracing American Culture

Structures of Social Identity and Social Networks Among First-Generation Biculturals

Columbia University, agm2109{at}columbia.edu

Michael W. Morris

Columbia University

Verónica Benet-Martínez

University of California at Riverside

Zahide Karakitapolu-Aygün

Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

This study examines the relationship between bicultural individuals' identity structure and their friendship network. A key dimension of identity structure for first-generation immigrants is the degree to which the secondary, host-culture identity is integrated into the primary, ethnic identity. Among first-generation Chinese Americans, regression analyses controlling for cultural identification strengths show that more integrated identity structures are associated with larger and more richly interconnected circles of non-Chinese friends.

Key Words: bicultural identity structure • social networks

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 38, No. 5, 629-635 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0022022107305243


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