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Christofer Edling

Christofer Edling

Professor

Christofer Edling

The acculturation in Sweden of adolescents of Iranian and Yugoslavian origin

Author

  • Martin Hällsten
  • Christofer Edling
  • Jens Rydgren

Summary, in English

Ethnic acculturation in a sample of 19-year-old individuals of Yugoslavian and Iranian origin in contemporary Sweden was studied, with a focus on how acculturation is contingent on social structure and social context. Acculturation was measured as orientation to the majority and the parental culture of origin. The results suggest, first, that the two dimensions are weakly but positively correlated, meaning that acculturation identity does not involve any trade-offs, as new strands of oppositional culture theory suggest. Second, it was found that ethnic closure in friendship networks is positively associated with orientations to parents’ culture and negatively with orientations to Swedish culture. Individuals with a rich occupational social contact network tended to be orientated towards both the majority and the parental culture. There was a marked social difference between the most disadvantaged social class and all other classes, with the former being less oriented to both cultures compared to more advantaged classes.

Department/s

  • Sociology
  • Faculty of Social Sciences

Publishing year

2018

Language

English

Pages

163-181

Publication/Series

Acta Sociologica

Volume

61

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • Acculturation
  • Immigration
  • Iranians
  • Yugoslavians
  • Sweden

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1502-3869