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The Cultural Internalization Scale: Assessing internal and external reasons for endorsing one’s cultural identity

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  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.26907/esd15.1.04
  Volume Number: 15 | Issue Number: 1 | Pages: 38 - 55
  Published: March 2020
  Article Keyword(s): cultural identity, culture, higher education, immigrant adjustment, internalization, self-determination theory, socialization, way of life
  Article Author(s): Martin F. Lynch
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The constructs of ‘culture’ and ‘cultural identity’ have long been recognized by researchers as
important, but traditionally have been treated as static properties rather than in terms of their degree
and quality of internalization. Adopting the more dynamic view of internalization proposed by
Vygotsky and by self-determination theory (SDT), two studies tested the measurement properties of
the Cultural Internalization Scale (CIS), which assesses internal versus external reasons for endorsing
one’s ambient culture. In a U.S. sample, Study 1 (N = 149) provided evidence for the reliability, factor
structure, and predictive validity of the scale. Study 2 replicated these results in a second U.S. sample
(N = 205) and in a sample from China (N = 245). In addition, Study 2 demonstrated that greater
internalization of one’s ambient culture was associated with satisfaction of the basic psychological
needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy. Discussion focuses on the potential applications
of the CIS in research on socialization, the cultural adjustment of immigrants and sojourners, and
implications for students in higher education settings.

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Albina R. Drozdikova-Zaripova Alena Hašková Andreja Istenic Starcic Anna I. Akhmetzyanova Aydar Minimansurovich Kalimullin Biljana Lungulov Branka Radulović Colin Latchem Daniela Todorova Kozhuharova Dmitry D. Rubashkin Elena Ibragimova Elisabeth Windl Eva Stranovska Evsyukova E.A. Hai-Yan Nie Ian Menter Idiyatov I.E. Ilshat R. Gafurov Inna V. Krotova Irina N. Kondrateva Johannes Dammerer Kadriya Shakirova Khakimova E.K. Liliana Shakirova Lira V. Artishcheva Liudmila I. Zaichenko Mahmoud Azizi Martina Pavlikova Milausha V. Gabdulkhakova Milica Krivokapic Mourat Tchoshanov N.L. Selivanova Natalya N. Kalatskaya Nick Rushby Olivera Gajić P.V. Stepanov Roza A. Valeeva Rushby N.J Shutenko E.N. Svetlana Španović Valerian F. Gabdulсhakov Valerian Faritovich Gabdulchakov Vyara Todorova Gyurova Yu Cheng Shen Zdenka Gadušová

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