The article investigates different forms of Acculturation (integration, ethnic, national and diffuse) and adaptation (psychological and sociocultural) and their relations among Kurdish youth. The research uses survey methods. Research census is people between ages 18 and 29 in Kermanshah and Javanroud cities in Kermanshah province. To analyze the data we used a person approach (cluster analysis) and variable approach (explanatory factor analysis and path analysis). We refer to the resulting clusters as Acculturation profiles: an ethnic profile (including 30% of the sample), a national profile (24.5%), an integration profile (34.5%), and a diffuse profile (11%). Path analysis results that a combined involvement in the national and the ethnic cultures is associated with more positive adaptation outcomes. We found that the effect of ethnic orientation on psychological adaptation was stronger than the one on sociocultural adaptation. Also we found that national orientation did not have a stronger impact on sociocultural adaptation than ethnic orientation.

This article aims to analyze the process of Acculturation in music of Kojour district in Mazandaran province. Since the Safavid period, different ethnic groups have migrated to Kojour; their encounters and interactions over the years have led to emergence of two groups of "Gil" and "Eel", which after centuries of conflicts, have turned into mixed cultures. Since musical Acculturation can be studied alongside other social and cultural changes of ethnic groups, authors of this article have analyzed this process in the music of Kojour according to concepts of "syncretism" and "substitution". The research is an ethnomusicological study and data have been gathered by interviewing with well-informed people about Kojour music and recording musical pieces. Field data have been analyzed by comparing melodies based on the Acculturation process. Findings show that presence of different migrant groups in Kojour district since centuries ago and the interaction of their cultures have led to a cultural integration and it has deeply influenced the music of this district as an important cultural component.

The purpose of this study was to explain the process and strategies of new teachers’ Acculturation. For this purpose, the qualitative approach and the descriptive phenomenological method was used. Data collection was carried out by utilizing the semi-structured interview method. The participants included the new teachers who had completed a four-year teacher training course and had a teaching experience of less than five years. The sample included 15 new teachers who were selected purposefully, criteria-oriented, and regarding the theoretical saturation rule. For analyzing the collected data, coding and categorizing methods were utilized. Four criteria of credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability were used to validate the findings. Findings proved that the new teachers’ Acculturation process takes place in three steps: initial Acculturation, specialized Acculturation, and professional Acculturation. Melting pot, assimilation, interactionism, separation, marginalization, and abandonment were the major strategies for new teachers’ Acculturation. It was concluded that the major Acculturation strategy used by schools and the educational system to adapt the new teachers to their culture was the “melting pot” strategy. However, the “interactionism” strategy was the major one used by the new teachers to build a connection and interaction between their cultural background and the cultural background of schools and the educational system.

Purpose: This study was designed to examine the relation between Acculturation process and faulty coping in the form of drug use among newly arrived Iranian youth. Method: A correlational research method was used for the purpose of this project. Result: According to the results, a negative correlation was found between a subject's Acculturation success and drug use as a maladaptive coping. Conclusion: Those who have difficulty in integrating with the host culture are more likely to resort to faulty coping mechanism and more likely to suffer from adjustment difficulty.