Abstract: . . .  social psychology Page 1 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 2004 The Social Cognition of Immigrants’ Acculturation: Effects of the Need for Closure and the Reference Group at Entry Ankica Kosic/European University Institute in Florence © Arie W. Kruglanski/University of Maryland, College Park Antonio Pierro/Università di Roma, “La Sapienza” Lucia Mannetti/ Università di Roma, “La Sapienza” . . .
. . .  immigrants’ socio-cultural adaptation this was insufficient, in and of itself, to ameliorate the stresses experienced by high NCC individuals in a novel, unfamiliar environment. This result is congruent with a previous study (Kosic, 2002), and with other findings indicating that in contrast to a socio cultural adaptation psychological adaptation depends more on individual (personality) factors (Ward, 2001; Ward & Kennedy, 1992) than on socio-cultural factors (such as quantity and quality of social relations, social skills or the ability to “fit in” or to carry out Page 27 The Social Cognition of Immigrants’ Acculturation © Arie Kruglanski 27 effective interactions), whose effect could be moderated by an epistemic motivation such as the NCC. Though . . .
. . .  General Findings Summary statistics and inter correlations between the present variables are given in Table 3. As can be seen, in this sample, NCC and the reference group variable, i.e., contacts with Poles vs. Italians during the initial post-entry period, were not significantly correlated (r = .11, p < 1). This result does not replicate the relation found in our Study 1, and may seem inconsistent with the previously found preference for the in-group by high Page 32 The Social Cognition of Immigrants’ Acculturation © Arie Kruglanski 32 NCC individuals (Shah et al ., 1998). Note, however, that a preference for the in-group (examined by Shah et al., 1998) is not the same as contacts with the in group, as the latter may be limited by external circumstances . . .
. . .  Table 3. As can be seen, in this sample, NCC and the reference group variable, i.e., contacts with Poles vs. Italians during the initial post-entry period, were not significantly correlated (r = .11, p < 1). This result does not replicate the relation found in our Study 1, and may seem inconsistent with the previously found preference for the in-group by high Page 32 The Social Cognition of Immigrants’ Acculturation © Arie Kruglanski 32 NCC individuals (Shah et al ., 1998). Note, however, that a preference for the in-group (examined by Shah et al., 1998) is not the same as contacts with the in group, as the latter may be limited by external circumstances rather than being under the individuals’ own control. In fact, it seems to be the case . . .
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