Expectations and acculturation: Further unpacking of adjustment mechanisms within the Russian-speaking community in Montreal |
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| Institution: | 1. Cognitive Systems Group, Faculty Information Systems and Applied Computer Science, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, 96045 Bamberg, Germany;2. Institute of Psychology, Faculty Humanities, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, 96045 Bamberg, Germany;1. Division of epilepsy, Department of Neurology, Children''s Hospital of Philadelphia, United States;2. Division of Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Boston Children''s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States |
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| Abstract: | Recent years have witnessed a significant growth in the Russian-speaking community in Montreal, Canada. However, little is currently known about the predictors of psychological adjustment in immigrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU). In this study we explored the expectations that this group of immigrants (N = 271) hoped to fulfill in their adopted society, the extent to which these expectations have been fulfilled, and the impact of fulfilled expectations on psychological adjustment. We found that the degree of fulfilled expectations was significantly associated with better psychological adjustment independent of personality traits, language proficiency, and acculturation. These findings contribute to the literature on cross-cultural adaptation of immigrants from the FSU and highlight the potential importance of expectations for the study of acculturation more generally. |
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| Keywords: | Expectations Acculturation Personality Psychological adjustment Immigrants |
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