Dissertation
The Relationships Between Psychological Flexibility, Nonattachment, and Bicultural Identity Integration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/12045
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between psychological flexibility, nonattachment, acculturative stress, and bicultural identity integration. Current literature indicates that the theoretical frameworks underlying the constructs of psychological flexibility and the Buddhist concept of nonattachment may be useful in non-clinical settings. This study seeks to examine the utility of these constructs in explaining and affecting the psychological processes involved in the acculturation and cultural identity development processes, particularly in the hopes of developing more effective interventions for individuals experiencing acculturative stress during the bicultural identity development process. Individuals who self-identified as bicultural (N=174) completed the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire Scale, Nonattachment Scale, and the two dimensions of the Bicultural Identity Integration Scale, cultural conflict and cultural blendedness. Results of the analyses indicate that psychological flexibility significant predicts cultural conflict, cultural blendedness and acculturative stress; nonattachment predicts cultural conflict but not cultural blendedness or acculturative stress; cultural conflict predicts acculturative stress; and cultural blendedness does not predict acculturative stress.
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- Title
- The Relationships Between Psychological Flexibility, Nonattachment, and Bicultural Identity Integration
- Creators
- Jason Wu
- Contributors
- Brian McNeill (Advisor)Olusola Adesope (Committee Member)Jennifer Lebeau (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Kinesiology and Educational Psychology
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 80
- Identifiers
- 99900581521601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation