Effects of bonding with parents and home culture on intercultural adaptations and the moderating role of genes

• Published in: Behavioural brain research Vol. 325; no. Pt B; pp. 223 - 236
• Main Authors: Phua, Desiree Y., Meaney, Michael J., Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lau, Ivy Y.M., Hong, Ying-Yi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.05.2017
• Subjects: Acculturation; Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Attachment; Cultural adjustment; Cultural attachment; Father-Child Relations; Female; Gene × environment; Genome-Wide Association Study; Humans; Male; Mother-Child Relations; Multifactorial Inheritance; Object Attachment; Parental bonding; Polygenic score; Sojourners; Young Adult; Polygenic score; Parental bonding; Acculturation; Cultural attachment; Gene×environment; Attachment; Sojourners; Cultural adjustment

•Maternal, paternal and cultural bondings affect intercultural adjustment differently.•Genetic moderates the effect of intrapsychic environment on intercultural adjustment. In the current age of globalization, living abroad is becoming an increasingly common and highly sought after experience. Sojou...