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Acculturation for fashion consumer behavior: A case of Korean–American families

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Pages 278-291 | Received 07 Apr 2015, Accepted 12 May 2015, Published online: 11 Sep 2015
 

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine how parents and children of an immigrant family interact with each other in their process of acculturation to become fashion consumers in a new culture. In-depth interviews were conducted with 18 young adults to study the differences and interactions between parents and children of Korean-American families in relation to fashion-related values, attitudes and behaviors. A strong relationship between the values of parents and children was found in the Korean-American families interviewed. Two roles of fashion in relation to the acculturation process of Korean-American families were identified in this study. The two roles are, first as an indicator and second as a facilitator of acculturation. The results of this study provide a better understanding of intergenerational interaction in immigrant families who are leading transnational lives and the significance of fashion in their acculturation process as a medium of culture. This information will be useful in developing intervention programs that mediate acculturation of Korean-Americans, as well as other immigrant families. The process and characteristics of fashion-related behavior, one's ethnic identity and the value adoption of Korean-Americans were identified through this study.

文化适应对时尚消费行为的影响:一个韩裔美国家庭的例子

本研究的目的是研究移民家庭的父母和孩子在彼此交流的文化适应过程中是如何形成新文化的时尚消费者的。我们关注于这种文化适应过程与父母和孩子是如何通过他们的穿着和外表管理的方式进行相互作用是如何出现的。在这项研究中,假设文化适应过程是多维的,跨代和正持续进行的,而不是静态的、可在一个世代内完成的。

与18岁的年轻人进行了深入访谈来研究韩裔美国家庭的父母和孩子之间的相互作用关系的差异,包括价值、态度和行为。采用诠释性研究方法回答以下研究问题:文化适应过程中交互的韩裔美国家庭的时尚消费行为的个别特征是什么?衣服和外观管理在文化适应过程中的角色是什么?我们研究儿童在其父母文化适应过程中的认知,穿着和外观管理在调节和反映他们的关系以及文化适应过程中如何起到重要作用的。

在访谈中发现韩裔美国家庭的父母和孩子之间有一种强大的关系。在幼年期,父母会影响孩子的民族身份形成,并干涉孩子的时尚行为。然而通过采访明显发现,随着孩子年龄的增长,移民家庭暴露自己主文化的时间较长,孩子们开始充当父母了解了主文化的中介者。这个过程的一部分是通过他们的时尚风格进行:例如,在他们青春期时染发或嬉皮风格装扮。首次接触主文化是通过学校或工作的孩子会在他们的成长过程中发展出具有两种文化特征的美籍韩国人自己的特征和风格。尽管家庭可能会在这个阶段经历一些冲突,通过这个过程父母越来越接受通过孩子的穿着方式表达的主文化。

本研究给出了韩裔美国家庭的文化适应过程与时尚的两种关系。首先,穿着和外表表明了文化适应的程度。通过采访明显发现,移民的韩国人都有美国和韩国的双重身份。然而,更接近的程度由个人民族身份确定。大多数受采访者通过时尚风格分化两种文化,对强烈识别韩国文化表现出更多的兴趣,并且通过韩国媒体追求当前韩国的时尚信息。时尚也在文化适应过程中扮演了促进者的角色。受采访者意识到一些打扮得像美国人的人会帮助他们融入主文化。在亲子互动,孩子们作为媒介转达主文化,从而促进父母的文化适应过程。

这项研究的结果提供了更好的理解引领跨国生活和将服装作为其文化适应过程的文化媒介的移民家庭的两代之间的互动。这些信息在发展调解韩裔美国人以及其他移民家庭的文化适应是有用的。这项研究表明了韩裔美国人的时尚相关的行为的过程和特点、个人种族身份和价值。

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government [NRF-2013S1A5A2A03045034].

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