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The Culture-Transmission Motive in Immigrants: A World-Wide Internet Survey

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  • Irina Mchitarjan
  • Rainer Reisenzein

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A world-wide internet survey was conducted to test central assumptions of a recent theory of cultural transmission in minorities proposed by the authors. 844 1st to 2nd generation immigrants from a wide variety of countries recruited on a microjob platform completed a questionnaire designed to test eight hypotheses derived from the theory. Support was obtained for all hypotheses. In particular, evidence was obtained for the continued presence, in the immigrants, of the culture-transmission motive postulated by the theory: the desire to maintain the culture of origin and transmit it to the next generation. Support was also obtained for the hypothesized anchoring of the culture-transmission motive in more basic motives fulfilled by cultural groups, the relative intra- and intergenerational stability of the culture-transmission motive, and its motivating effects for action tendencies and desires that support cultural transmission under the difficult conditions of migration. Furthermore, the findings suggest that the assumption that people have a culture-transmission motive belongs to the folk psychology of sociocultural groups, and that immigrants regard the fulfillment of this desire as a moral right.

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  • Irina Mchitarjan & Rainer Reisenzein, 2015. "The Culture-Transmission Motive in Immigrants: A World-Wide Internet Survey," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(11), pages 1-22, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0141625
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141625
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