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Vol.21 No.1
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College Students’ Re-Acculturation to their “Home” Country: Focusing on their Cultural Identity

Korean Psychological Journal of Culture and Social Issues / Korean Psychological Journal of Culture and Social Issues, (P)1229-0661; (E)1229-0661
2015, v.21 no.1, pp.1-20




& (2015). College Students’ Re-Acculturation to their “Home” Country: Focusing on their Cultural Identity. Korean Psychological Journal of Culture and Social Issues, 21(1), 1-20.
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Among the cultural groups that increase South Korea’s diversity, there are adolescents returning to Korea after their stay abroad. From 15 in-depth interviews with those who stayed abroad for longer than 5 years, 11 codes were generated. The codes were divided into two categories: “assets” when the multicultural experience served as resources for the returnees adapting to Korean culture successfully and “disadvantages” when the multiple experience remained fragmented for the returnees experiencing difficulty in re-acculturation. The distinguishing factors between the success and difficulty in re-acculturation appeared to be the cultural identity as Korean and the “openness to experience.” The interwoven nature of personal and social factors stood out, along with the role of cultural identity throughout the process. Also the “openness to experience” as a strategy of integrating the past experiences is discussed, as well as the implications of the findings and the suggestions for future studies in the contemporary multicultural South Korea as a host society.

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문화재적응, 해외거주 귀국자, 문화정체성, 경험에의 개방성, re-acculturation, returnees, cultural identity, openness to experience

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