Table 1 Berry’s acculturation model
Cultural maintenance (Of Immigrant OR Host Culture) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
High | Low | ||
Contact and Participation (Of Immigrant OR Host Culture) | High | Integration | Assimilation |
Interest in maintaining one’s original culture while also participating in daily and social activities of the dominant group and with other ethnic and cultural groups | Individual does not wish to maintain his/her cultural identity and seeks daily interactions with other cultures | ||
Low | Separation | Marginalization | |
Individuals place a high value on holding onto their original culture and avoid interaction with others | Little possibility or interest in having relationships with others and little interest in or possibility of cultural maintenance (due primarily to experiences with discrimination or instituationalized, forced separation from others). | ||