Choque y adaptación sociocultural una visión en espejo: vascos y brasileños.

Clash and socio-cultural adaptation. A mirror image: Basques and Brazilians.

CULTURE conflict; SOCIAL conditions of immigrants; CULTURAL relations; SOCIOCULTURAL factors; SOCIAL adjustment; IMMIGRANTS; BRAZILIANS

Immigrants experience changes in their interpersonal and communicative relationships, so as to deal with social distance. This study analyzes such changes among two different groups and cultural contexts: Brazilian immigrants in the Basque Country, and Basque immigrants in Brazil. Differences are expected in the dimensions of socio-cultural adjustment due to the time spent in the stay, the group, and also to cultural practices of the origin and host country. The study is transversal and retrospective. Results show that during the first year, difficulties are pronounced with a predominance of Interpersonal Relationships-related ones and subsequently, a higher importance of the dimension Social Distance Management, specifically among the Basque. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Los inmigrantes experimentan cambios en las relaciones interpersonales y comunicativas, así como en el manejo de la distancia social. Este estudio analiza dichos cambios en dos grupos y contextos culturales: los inmigrantes brasileños en el País Vasco y los inmigrantes vascos en Brasil. Se esperan diferencias en las dimensiones del ajuste sociocultural en función del tiempo de estancia y del grupo, así como en las prácticas culturales del país de origen y de acogida. El estudio es transversal y retrospectivo. Los resultados muestran altas dificultades durante el primer año, en donde predominan las relativas al manejo de las Relaciones interpersonales, y posteriormente adquiere más importancia la dimensión de Manejo de la distancia social, especialmente en el caso de los vascos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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