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Studies in Psychology
Estudios de Psicología
Volume 31, 2010 - Issue 2
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Modelos culturales y retratos de identidad. Un estudio empírico con jóvenes de distintos contextos sociodemográficos

Cultural models and identity portraits: An empirical study with youths from different sociodemographic contexts

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Pages 173-185 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Resumen

El artículo examina la naturaleza cultural de la identidad humana a partir de un estudio que tenía el objetivo de analizar empíricamente las relaciones entre ciertos contextos de actividad, con estructuras sociodemo- gráficas determinadas (rural-tradicional, urbano-occidental y urbano-rural), con ciertos relatos y retratos de identidad. Participaron en el estudio seis indígenas de una comunidad rural de Chiapas (Zinacantán), seis estudiantes universitarios de una ciudad occidental (Girona, España), y seis estudiantes universitarios que provenían de contextos rurales pero vivían en una ciudad (San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas). Según el análisis efectuado se observan diferencias en las categorías utilizadas para autodefinirse. Se interpretan y examinan estas diferencias en base a la teoría ecocultural de Keller, quién sintetiza aspectos de la tradición cross- cultural con aspectos de la tradición sociocultural

Abstract

This paper examines the cultural nature of human identity based on a study which analysed the relationships between sociodemographic settings (rural-traditional, urban-occidental, urban-rural) and identity portraits. Study participants were six indigenous inhabitants from a rural community (Zinacantán, Chiapas), six university students from a Western European city (Girona, Spain), and six university students from rural Mexican communities but who live in a city (San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas). The data analysis showed there were differences in the categories they used for self-definition. These differences are examined and interpreted according to Keller's ecocultural theory, which synthesises some ideas of cross-cultural psychology and sociocultural psychology.

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