The role of acculturation strategies in the internalisation of racial oppression within Black families in Portugal

• Autor(a) principal: Leth-Sorensen, Dominique Berhan
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/9514
• topic: Colonial Mentality; Acculturation; Racism; Intergenerationality; Colonialism; Mentalidade Colonial; Aculturação; Racismo; Intergeracionalidade; Colonialismo

Abstract: The study of internalisation of racial oppression has recently started to constitute a subject of research in psychology. However, little research has focused on acculturation as an operationalisation of racial socialisation and its potential effects of the internalisation of racial oppression. This study aimed to investigate this association as well as whether strategies are passed down transgenerationally. 70 Black dyads from two different generations within one family, i.e. 140 persons who identified as Black, participated and were asked to complete a Portuguese-adapted bi-directional acculturation scale as well as a colonial mentality scale used to measure internalised racial oppression. We hypothesised that an assimilation strategy - i.e. low identification with heritage culture and high identification with destination culture - would yield highest levels of colonial mentality. Furthermore, we posited that an older generation's wish for a younger generation's acculturation strategies would be associated wt´ith the younger generation's actual reported acculturation strategies. Results showed both hypotheses were confirmed - albeit to different degrees - and its structural and clinical implications are discussed.