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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 1(4), pp. 180 - 188
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2013.010403
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A Comparative Study of Collective Self-Esteem and Perception of Racism among Cambodian Immigrants and French Quebecois
Sadeq Rahimi 1,*, C茅cile Rousseau 2
1 Medical Anthropology, University of Saskatchewan, 55 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B1
2 Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, 1033 Pine Ave W., Montreal, QC H3A 1A1
ABSTRACT
Collective self-esteem represents a potentially useful construct for understanding intergroup relations in multiethnic societies, but current literature reflects a gap in cross-cultural comparisons of this concept. This study was designed to compare expression of collective self-esteem and its relation to perception of self and others across two distinct cultural groups. Collective self-esteem, personal self-esteem and perception of racism were measured in two groups of 114 Cambodian immigrants and 94 Francophone Quebecois, each composed of adolescents and their parents. The magnitude of collective self-esteem, as well as its relation with personal self-esteem and perception of racism differed across groups. Further analyses highlighted cultural factors in the function and impact of collective self-esteem, while suggesting that cultural characteristics may change rapidly when groups experience considerable modifications in their social identity because of intergenerational shifts and because of minority-majority tensions.
KEYWORDS
Collective Self-Esteem, Racism, Minority, French, Cambodian, Quebec
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[1] Sadeq Rahimi , C茅cile Rousseau , "A Comparative Study of Collective Self-Esteem and Perception of Racism among Cambodian Immigrants and French Quebecois," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 180 - 188, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2013.010403.
(b). APA Format:
Sadeq Rahimi , C茅cile Rousseau (2013). A Comparative Study of Collective Self-Esteem and Perception of Racism among Cambodian Immigrants and French Quebecois. Sociology and Anthropology, 1(4), 180 - 188. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2013.010403.