Abstract:

The number of bicultural individuals and even multicultural individuals greatly increased because of the cultural diversity resulted from factors such as globalization, migration, mixed-living，and so on. Many bicultural individuals are often confronted with the problem of psychological adaptation (Berry, Phinney, Sam, &Vedder, 2006). From the perspective of subjective perception of cultural identity with bicultural individuals, the present study investigated the relationship among bicultural identity integration（BII），dialectical self and psychological adaptation, and examined the mediating effect of dialectical self between BII and psychological adaptation This research used the questionnaire-survey taking the Tibetan (n=281) and Hui (n=106) college students in Northwest multi-ethnic areas for example. Results are as following: (1)Two studies converged to show that consistent with our hypotheses, BII(Harmony–conflict dimension) was positively correlated with psychological adaptation,(r = .13，p <.05; r = .23，p < .05) , but negatively correlated with the dialectical self(r = -.23，p < .01; r = -.36，p < .01)between Tibetan and Hui bicultural individuals. In addition, the dialectical self was negatively related to BII as anticipated(r = -.48，p < .01; r = -.51，p < .01). (2) Multiple regression analysis and Bootstrapping method showed that the dialectical self for Tibetan and Hui people fully mediated the relationship between BII(bicultural harmonious-conflict) and psychological adaptation(the mediating effect accounted for 84.6% and 78.3% of the total effect respectively). What the results enlightened us is that the psychological adaptation of minority bicultural individuals can be enhanced from the perspective of cultural identity integration or dialectical self , which is a brand-new and effective path. In our real life, creating harmonious cultural atmosphere can reduce the extent of the dialectical self with minority bicultural individuals, forming consistent values and unified self-concepts. Therefore, negative disturbance resulted from culture shock, such as contradiction and indecision will be effectively reduced. The sense of belonging in cultural psychology will be also boosted, which enhance their psychological adaptation and improve their state of psychological health. In addition, the difference between our research and the study of the western research（Chen, S. X., & Benet‐Martínez, 2013）is that western researchers often choose bicultural individuals from western countries as their participants, such as Asian American. They found that BII were positively correlated with psychological adaptation on its two dimensions (dimensions of harmony–conflict & dimensions of distance–blend). However, the current research showed that dimensions of harmony–conflict was positively correlated with psychological adaptation, but dimensions of distance–blend had no significant positively correlation with psychological adaptation. For those minorities who live in two kinds of culture, the results above revealed that the distance between the two cultures have no significant impact on their psychological adaptation ,but the degree of conflict between the two cultures have significant effects on their psychological adaptation. The results enlighten us that one of the effective measures improving the level of psychological adaptation of bicultural minority individuals is to integrate the conflict elements of two cultures through various ways in order to build a harmonious atmosphere of the two cultures in their lives. At the same time, for the minority students, the cultural similarities between their own culture and Han culture in family and school education should be focused on, which can reduce conflicts and bad mood owing to their misunderstanding of Han culture, cultivate an open mind and form harmonious values and world view as well as improve the level of mental health.

摘要：

本研究从双文化人对于文化认同的主观感知视角出发，采用问卷调查法，以西北多民族地区的藏族、回族大学生为例，探讨双文化认同整合、辩证性自我与心理适应之间的关系，以及辩证性自我在两者之间的中介作用。结果表明：（1）双文化认同整合（和谐-冲突维度）与心理适应呈显著正相关，与辩证性自我呈显著负相关；辩证性自我与心理适应呈显著负相关。（2）辩证性自我在双文化认同整合（和谐-冲突维度）与心理适应的关系中起完全中介作用。实践中应加强少数民族大学生的双文化认同整合，转变其辩证主义思想，以增强心理适应。