The Research On The Relationship Among Cultural Attachment,Coping Strategies And Adaptation

With the development of economy and the implementation of a series of open policies,our nation has been further integrated,and more and more minority compatriots choose to leave their hometown to receive better education.However,it is obvious that the differences between ethnic cultures are very important.It is an urgent problem to reduce the pressure of individual adaptation and make it adapt to the local life.In recent years,some foreign scholars have put forward a new theory,the theory of cultural attachment,to study the problem of acculturation.The research on cultural attachment in China has just been started,and the research results are few.This study attempts to explore the cross-cultural adaptation of minority college students from the perspective of cultural attachment.Satisfaction with Life ScaleThis study takes the minority college students who left their hometown to study in other sub culture areas as the research objects.In this study,we conducted a questionnaire survey on 596 college students who left home to school about cultural attachment(cultural attachment scale),coping strategies(coping style scale),adaptation(stress distress and satisfaction with life scale)of the College Students who came from 23 ethnic minorities such as Hui,Tujia,Tibetan,Mongolian,Manchu,Kazak,Hani,Miao,She nationality,Bai nationality,Korean nationality,Yi nationality and others.The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship among cultural attachment,coping strategies and adaptation and offer suggestions for the minority students to better adapt to different cultures,reduce psychological pressure and improve subjective well-being.The conclusions of this study are as follows:(1)There are significant differences in gender in seeking help of the coping strategies;There are significant differences in the dimensions of attachment anxiety among ethnic minority migrants;There were significant differences in the stress and satisfaction with life among the subjects in different family ranging;(2)Cultural attachment(attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance),coping strategies' s each factor(except for seek help),stress distress,satisfaction with life were significantly related to the four;(3)Cultural attachment(attachment avoidance,attachment anxiety)can significantly predict adaptation.Specifically,cultural attachment(attachment avoidance,attachment anxiety)has a positive predictive effect on stress distress,and cultural attachment(attachment avoidance,attachment anxiety)has a negative predictive effect on subjective well-being;Cultural attachment(attachment avoidance,attachment anxiety)had significant negative predictive effect on the four dimensions : problem solving fantasy,rationalization,withdrawal and self-blame;The factor of solving problems in the coping strategies had a significant negative predictive effect on stress distress,and self-blame,fantasy and retreat were positive predictors of stress distress;The positive predictive effect of solving problems on satisfaction with life was significant;(4)Strategy plays a mediating role between attachment and cultural adaptation.Adaptation of individual cultural attachment affect the coping strategies.Mature coping,immature coping,mixed coping style play a mediating role between cultural attachment and distress;mature and immature coping,mixed coping style is a part of the intermediary role between attachment avoidance and life satisfaction.