Are Bicultures More Than the Sum of Their Parts? Exploring Context Sensitivity in Relation to Cultural Frame Switching and Well-Being

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dc.contributor.advisorSasaki, Joni
dc.creatorWest, Alexandria Leta
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T16:37:41Z
dc.date.available2016-09-20T16:37:41Z
dc.date.copyright2015-11-24
dc.date.issued2016-09-20
dc.date.updated2016-09-20T16:37:41Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Social and Personality)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractIdentifying with multiple cultures is increasingly common. In negotiating their two cultures, biculturals engage different cognitive systems depending on contextual cues a phenomenon called cultural frame switching. Effective cultural frame switching likely requires biculturals to attend closely to the surrounding context, and as a result, biculturals may become especially context-sensitive. We experimentally tested whether cultural frame switching increases biculturals context sensitivity (Part One) and whether greater context sensitivity relates to higher well-being for biculturals (Part Two). Part One results failed to demonstrate a consistent causal relationship between frame switching and context sensitivity, though exploratory analyses provided some evidence that biculturals self-reported ability to frame switch between cultures may predict context sensitivity. Part Two results showed mixed support for a relationship between biculturals context sensitivity and well-being. In addition to limitations and future directions, theoretical implications for the way biculturalism is conceptualized and studied are discussed.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/32170
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subject.keywordsBicultural
dc.subject.keywordsMulticultural
dc.subject.keywordsFrame switching
dc.subject.keywordsContext
dc.subject.keywordsWell-being
dc.subject.keywordsBiculturalism theory
dc.subject.keywordsProcess theory
dc.subject.keywordsInteractionist theory
dc.subject.keywordsMultiplicative theory
dc.titleAre Bicultures More Than the Sum of Their Parts? Exploring Context Sensitivity in Relation to Cultural Frame Switching and Well-Being
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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