culture change and psychosocial adjustment

Three positions identified in the literature on the relationship between culture change and psychosocial adjustment are tested in a comparative study of Inuit (Eskimos) and Cree Indians in a northern Canadian settlement. Both descriptive and statistical evidence indicate that no universal associatio...

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Published in:American Ethnologist
Main Author: Barger, W. K.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1977
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ae.1977.4.3.02a00050
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Summary:Three positions identified in the literature on the relationship between culture change and psychosocial adjustment are tested in a comparative study of Inuit (Eskimos) and Cree Indians in a northern Canadian settlement. Both descriptive and statistical evidence indicate that no universal association between change and adjustment obtains and that any relationship existing between them is caseā€specific and is due to the situational and cultural contexts of change. Implications of these findings for theory and research are also suggested.