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E pluribus unum? Investigating the Acculturation Strategies and Testing the Integration Hypothesis and a Support and Discrimination Model in the Three Largest Minority Groups in Israel
This study investigated the acculturation strategies and tested the integration hypothesis and a support and discrimination (SAD) model, which was suggested as an alternative to the rejection-disidentification and rejection-identification models, in the three largest minority groups in Israel. The study used stratified samples of immigrants from the former Soviet Union (n = 848), Palestinian Israelis (n = 631), and ultra-Orthodox Jews (n = 940). The connections between and relative strengths of ethnic and national identifications differed across the three groups. Minority group identification and social support from the minority group positively affected the psychological well-being of all groups. In addition, a positive effect of social support from the minority and the majority groups on identification with these groups was found in all groups. However, the effect of discrimination on minority and national identifications and the effect of majority support and national identification on well-being varied across the three groups.
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