EMBRACING AMERICAN CULTURE Structures of Social Identity and Social Networks Among First-Generation Biculturals
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This study examines the relationship between bicultural individuals’ identity structure and their friendship network. A key dimension of identity structure for first-generation immigrants is the degree to which the secondary, host-culture identity is integrated into the primary, ethnic identity. Among first-generation Chinese Americans, regression analyses controlling for cultural identification strengths show that more integrated identity structures are associated with larger and more richly interconnected circles of non-Chinese friends.
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