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The measurement of sociocultural adaptation

International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 1999
Abstract This paper examines the construct of sociocultural adaptation and describes the development and refinement of its measurement. Psychometric analyses of the Sociocultural Adaptation Scale (SCAS) are presented based on the compilation of data across a large number of sojourner samples from an emerging program of research.
Colleen A Ward
exaly   +2 more sources

Sociocultural dimension in agriculture adaptation to climate change

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2016
ABSTRACTSocietal responses to climate change are influenced by culture, but this has not been the focus of understanding and adapting to this phenomenon. This process is critical when examining agriculture, an eminently social activity that has an historic perspective and characteristic manners of production expressed by the culture carrying it out ...
Silvia López-Ortiz   +1 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Critical Reflections on Sociocultural Adaptation

International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2022
Colleen A Ward
exaly   +2 more sources

Adhesive Sociocultural Adaptation of Korean Immigrants in the U.S.: An Alternative Strategy of Minority Adaptation

International Migration Review, 1984
Adhesive adaptation is conceptualized as a particular mode of adaptation in which certain aspects of the new culture and social relations with members of the host society are added on to the immigrants’ traditional culture and social networks, without replacing or modifying any significant part of the old.
W M, Hurh, K C, Kim
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Psychological and Sociocultural Adaptation of Immigrant Youth

2006
This chapter examines the psychological and sociocultural adaptation of ethnocultural youth with the following broad question in mind: "How well adapted are youth with an immigrant background in their society of settlement?" It considers how well immigrant youth are doing with respect to psychological well-being, and how satisfied they are with their ...
David L. Sam   +3 more
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A sociocultural analysis of adaptive skateboarding and wheelchair motocross

2023
This dissertation research project explored physically disabled skateboarders’ and wheelchair motocross (WCMX) riders’ experiences within the skateboarding (sub)culture. Using (digital) qualitative methods, this project examined 30 physically disabled riders’ experiences within three different “skate spaces” 1) the skateboarding (sub)culture, 2) the ...
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An analysis of sociocultural adaptation of international students in Russia

Social'naja politika i social'noe partnerstvo (Social Policy and Social Partnership)
This article presents an analysis of the adaptation process of international students in Russia based on an empirical study, including a questionnaire survey of sixty-six international students. The study aims to identify the key characteristics and challenges students face during their integration into the Russian educational and social environment ...
S. N. Ispulova, M. S. Taratunina
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