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Running Head: ACCULTURATION, SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND DEPRESSION ACCULTURATION, SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND DEPRESSION ASSIGNMENT TITLE The relations of acculturation, social integration and depression among International University Malaya-Wales university students. MODULE CODE BPC 3034 MODULE NAME Cross-Cultural Psychology STUDENT NAME Serene Muneera Ismail Celestial STUDENT ID HEP140023 LECTURER Ms Chan Li Chuin DUE DATE Week 10 ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of story Acculturation is known as a cultural change and psychological change that results following meeting between cultures at multiple levels in both interacting cultures. It has also been referred to the changes in personal values, beliefs, behaviours, and ways of living that an immigrant or minority individual makes as a result of adapting to the mainstream cultural or behavioural norms (Berry, Kim, Minde, & Mok, 1987). Acculturation often results in changes to culture, customs, and social institutions. In this modern era, through technology and media, people have been constantly engaging online to learn and understand new cultures, norms and languages. Acculturation is more than simply learning the English language, but also understanding the …show more content…

The study would take place in a non-contrive settings as it will ease the enrolment of participants and survey to be conduct. The questionnaires will be distributed around campus area where students are easily located (e.g. campus library, student centre, and cafeteria). Since the survey will be conducted in a non-controlled setting, the study will be referred as a field study. This would involve minimal interactions with the participations, unless if a clarification is needed in answering the question. The study will be done perhaps over the period of 5 days, in order that the sampling of the participants are accounted

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