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Jakten på acceptans: En kvalitativ studie om attityder en individ med utländsk bakgrund kan möta och hur de formar individens personliga och sociala identitetsutveckling
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences.
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
The pursuit of acceptance: A qualitative study about the attitudes a foreign individual may face and how it shapes the evolution of their personal and social identity (English)
Abstract [sv]

Alla människor möter dagligen olika former av attityder. En utländsk bakgrund kan dock medföra fler eller annorlunda utmaningar i mötet med attityder. Denna studie fokuserar på unga vuxna med utländsk bakgrund i åldrarna 18–25 år, och har till syfte att utforska attityder de möter i sin vardag. Studien tittar även på hur attityderna påverkar utvecklingen av den personliga respektive den sociala identiteten hos individer med utländsk bakgrund. Studien har genomförts med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer av unga vuxna med utländsk bakgrund. I den konventionella innehållsanalysen i studien framkom många intressanta perspektiv. Resultaten belyser att acceptans ledde till de positiva attityder man sökte, men i vissa fall kunde medföra nya problem. Individer som genom förändringar av den egna identiteten lyckats med integrationsprocessen möttes av negativa attityder från andra med utländsk bakgrund. Vidare belyser resultatet att för några var behovet av extern bekräftelse mer trivialt, då de visar upp en högre nivå av egen bekräftelse. Sammanfattningsvis visar resultatet att attityder - positiva som negativa - har ett inflytande på utvecklingen av densociala såväl som den personliga identiteten hos unga vuxna med utländsk bakgrund. 

Abstract [en]

All individuals face different kinds of challenges on a daily basis. A foreign background can however come with its own set of challenges when it comes to attitudes. This study focuses on young adults with a foreign background aged 18-25 and explores the different types of attitudes these young adults face on a daily basis and the effect of such attitudes on the formation of the personal and social identity of these individuals. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with young adults from a foreign background and to analyse their response we used conventional content analysis. The results highlight that acceptance into the individual’s new context led to more positive attitudes, but in some cases we find that when becoming more integrated sometimes other foreign people might react badly towards the integrated person, giving them negative attitudes following the change in identities. Further the results showed that for some, the importance of exterior validation is more trivial, following a greater internal validation. To conclude the results, show that attitudes, be they positive or negative, do have an impact on the personal and social identity formation of young adult immigrants.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 40
Keywords [en]
Attitudes, Social identity, Personal identity, Integration, Immigration
Keywords [sv]
Attityder, Social identitet, Personlig identitet, Integration, Immigration
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Social Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-21153OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-21153DiVA, id: diva2:1659430
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Social Psychology
Educational program
Social Psychology - Study Programme
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Available from: 2022-05-19 Created: 2022-05-19 Last updated: 2023-10-03Bibliographically approved

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