Effects of bonding with parents and home culture on intercultural adaptations and the moderating role of genes

• Main Authors: PHUA, Desiree Y., MEANEY, Michael J, KHOR, Chiea Chuen, LAU, Ivy Yee-Man, HONG, Ying-Yi
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Acculturation; Attachment; Cultural adjustment; Cultural attachment; Gene × environment; Parental bonding; Polygenic score; Sojourners; Child Psychology; Multicultural Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2347
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In the current age of globalization, living abroad is becoming an increasingly common and highly sought after experience. Sojourners’ ability to adjust to a new culture can be affected by their existing attachments, internalized as intrapsychic environment, as well as their biological sensitivity to...