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Exploring an individual's experience of becoming bicultural Baines, Anil
Abstract
A second generation South Asian can be faced with contrasting and conflicting cultures which can impact the formation of a healthy ethnic identity. The present study investigated what facilitated and hindered a South Asian's adolescent experience of becoming bicultural. Flanagan's (1954) Critical Incident Technique was used in interviewing 8 adult participants, including 5 females and 3 males, aged 20 to 26 years of age. The results identified 88 critical incidents, forming 10 helping categories and 4 hindering categories. The 10 Helping categories were: (1) Cross Cultural Friendships, (2) Speaking both Punjabi and English, (3) Personal Attributes, (4) Shared Experiences with Peers in the 'Same Boat', (5) Family Support and Influence, (6) Involvement in Recreational, Cultural and Religious Community Activities, (7) Visiting India, (8) High School Experience, (9) University Education and (10) Acceptance of Parent's and / or Grandparent's Views. The Hindering Categories were: (1) Parental and / or Familial Expectations, (2) Media Influence / Societal Expectations, (3) Personal Conflict of Cultural Values and (4) Experiencing Racism. The categories were found to be reliable and valid through procedures such as exhaustiveness, independent raters, co-researcher's cross checking, participation rate and theoretical agreement. The resulting categories provide a list of comprehensive factors that can facilitate and hinder an individual's process towards developing a bicultural identity. The findings are discussed in relation to implications for counselling theory and practice, and future research.
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Exploring an individual's experience of becoming bicultural
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University of British Columbia
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2001
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A second generation South Asian can be faced with contrasting and conflicting
cultures which can impact the formation of a healthy ethnic identity. The present
study investigated what facilitated and hindered a South Asian's adolescent
experience of becoming bicultural. Flanagan's (1954) Critical Incident Technique was
used in interviewing 8 adult participants, including 5 females and 3 males, aged 20 to
26 years of age. The results identified 88 critical incidents, forming 10 helping
categories and 4 hindering categories. The 10 Helping categories were: (1) Cross
Cultural Friendships, (2) Speaking both Punjabi and English, (3) Personal Attributes,
(4) Shared Experiences with Peers in the 'Same Boat', (5) Family Support and
Influence, (6) Involvement in Recreational, Cultural and Religious Community
Activities, (7) Visiting India, (8) High School Experience, (9) University Education
and (10) Acceptance of Parent's and / or Grandparent's Views. The Hindering
Categories were: (1) Parental and / or Familial Expectations, (2) Media Influence /
Societal Expectations, (3) Personal Conflict of Cultural Values and (4) Experiencing
Racism. The categories were found to be reliable and valid through procedures such
as exhaustiveness, independent raters, co-researcher's cross checking, participation
rate and theoretical agreement. The resulting categories provide a list of
comprehensive factors that can facilitate and hinder an individual's process towards
developing a bicultural identity. The findings are discussed in relation to implications
for counselling theory and practice, and future research.
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eng
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2009-08-06
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0053875
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University of British Columbia
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2002-05
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Graduate
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