內容簡介
圖書目錄
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Part Ⅰ.The Background
1.Introduction
Common Experiences of Crossing Cultures
Theorizing About Cross—Cultural Adaptation
2.Existing Approaches to Cross—Cultural Adaptation
Macro—Level and Micro—Level Perspectives
Long—Term and Short—Term Adaptation
Adaptation as Problem and Adaptation as Learning Growth
Varying Theoretical Accounts and EmpiricalAssessments
Divergent Value Premises: Assimilationism
and Pluralism
Toward Integrahon
Part Ⅱ.The Theory
3.Organizint; Prinaples
The Domain and Boundary Conditions
Assumptions: Strangers as Open Systems
Mechanics of Theorizing
Empirical Grounding
4.The Process of Cross—Cultural Adaptation
Cultural Adaptation
Cross—Cultural Adaptation
The Stress—Adaptation—Growth Dynamic: A Process Model
Three Facets of InteKultural Transformation
Axioms
5.The Structure of Cross—Cultural Adaptation
Personal Communication: Host CommunicationCompetence
Social Communication
Environment
Predisposition
Linki:ng Dimensions and Factors: A Structural Model
Assumptions, Axioms, and Theorems
Part Ⅲ.Elaboration of the Theory
6.PersonalCommunication
Host Communication Competence
Cognitive Components
Affective Components
Operational Components
Linking Cognitive, Affective, and Operational Components
7.Social Communication
Host Social Communication
Ethnic Social Communication
Linking Factors of Host and Ethnic SocialCommunication
8.Environment
Host Receptivity
Host Conformity Pressure
Ethnic Group Strength
Linking Factors of Communicahon and Environment
9.Predisposition
Preparedness for Change
Ethnic Proximity
Adaphve Perso:ality
Linking Factors of Communicahon and Predisposition
10.Intercultural Transformation
Functional Fitness
Psychological Health
Interculturalldenhty
Emergence of Intercultural Personhood
Part Ⅳ.The Theory and the Reality
11.Research Considerations
The Theory: Principal Features
Theory—Research Correspondence
Toward Methodological Integration
12.Practical Insights
Understanding Adaptation Potential
Host Environment as Partner
Willingness to Be Changed
Managing Stress
Focusing on Communicative Engagement
Cultivating Adaptive Personality
Forging a Path of Intercultural Personhood
Notes
References
Index
About the Author