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David Lackland SAM is a professor of cross-cultural psychology at the University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Sam obtained a B. Sc. (Honors) degree in psychology from the University of Ghana, before migrating to Norway as a student, where he completed his PhD. Sam divides his position at the University of Bergen between the Department of Psychosocial Science (Faculty of Psychology) and the Centre for International Health, Global health and Primary Health Care (Faculty of Medicine). He teaches courses in cross-cultural psychology, medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry. His research interests include psychology of acculturation, and the role of culture in health. Sam has published extensively on young immigrants’ psychological adaptation in general, and from a cross-cultural comparative perspective. Sam was co-editor of two books on acculturation (in 2006), and a co-author of the 3rd edition of Cross-cultural psychology: Research and applications, published by Cambridge University Press, 2011. His 2016 book: the 2nd edition of the Cambridge handbook of acculturation psychology, received the 2017 outstanding book award from the International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR). He co-edited with John W. Berry the 4-volume anthology on Cross-cultural psychology, published in 2018 by Routledge. Sam was Deputy Secretary General of the International Association for Cross-cultural Psychology (IACCP) and is a fellow of the International Academy of Intercultural Relations (IAIR).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Psychological adaptation of ethnocultural youths
- Cross-cultural studies on immigrants, refugees and international students
- Intercultural relations
- Values and social beliefs
- Culture and health
- Migration and health
- Factors influencing hazardous emigration from Africa
- Civic and political
- Cyberbullying from cross-cultural perspective
- Determinants of inclusive integration
Latest books:
David L. Sam & John W. Berry (Eds), (2017) Routledge Major Reference Works: Cross-Cultural Psychology—Critical Concepts in Psychology in Four Volumes. Vol 1: Theory and Method; Vol 2: Basic Processes I – Development, Social and Personality; Vol 3: Basic Processes II – Cognition, Perception, Emotions, Language and Acculturation and Vol 4: Applied issues. Routledge: Oxford, UK. www.routledge.com/9781138848375
Sam, D. L. & Berry, J. W. (2016). The Cambridge handbook of acculturation psychology, 2nd edition.
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Selected latest publications
Sam, D. L., (2012). Psychology of acculturation: New advances and future directions.International Journal of Psychology. 47: 221-221.
Sam, D. L., & Horenczyk, G. (2012). Immigrant youth adaptation in context. In C. Gracia Coll). The impact of immigration on children’s development. Contributions to Human Development, 24, 64 – 76
Leung, K Y; Lam, B. C.P.; Bond, M. H., Conway, L. G., Gornick, LJ., Amponsah, B. Boehnke, K., Dragolov, G., Burgess, S. M; Golestaneh, M.B, Holger, Hofer, Jan; Espinosa, A del C. D; Fardis, M., Ismail, R. Kurman, J; Lebedeva, N., Tatarko, A N.; Sam, David Lackland; Teixeira, M. L. M., Yamaguchi, S., Fukuzawa, Ai, Zhang. J. Zhou, F. (2012) Developing and evaluating the social axioms survey in eleven countries: its relationship with the five-factor model of personality. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 43.(5) 833-857
Kunst, J. R., Tajamal, H., Sam, D. L., & Ulleberg, P. (2012). Coping with Islamophobia: The effects of religious stigma on Muslim minorities' identity formation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 36(4), 518-532. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.12.014
Kunst, J. R., Sam, D. L., & Ulleberg, P. (2013). Perceived Islamophobia: Scale development and validation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 37(2), 225-237. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.11.001
Kunst, J. R., & Sam, D. L. (2013). Relationship between perceived acculturation expectations and Muslim minority youth’s acculturation and adaptation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2013.04.007
Kunst, J. R., & Sam, D. L. (2013) Expanding the margins of identity: A critique of marginalization in a globalized world. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation,
Sam, D. L., Jasinskaja-Lathi, Horenczyk, G., & Vedder, P. (2013). Migration and integrations: Some psychological perspectives on mutual acculturation. Zeitschrifts für Psychologie/Journal of Psychology. Zeitschrifts für Psychologie/Journal of Psychology, 221. 203-204
Horenczyk, G., Jasinskaja-Lahti., Sam, D. L. & Vedder, P. (2013). Mutuality in acculturation: Analysis and integration of models. Zeitschrifts für Psychologie/Journal of Psychology, 221, 205 - 213
Berry, J. W & Sam, D.L. (2013). Accommodating cultural diversity and achieving equity: An Introduction to psychological dimensions of multiculturalism. European Psychologist 18. 151-157
Kunst, J. R. & Sam, D. L., (2013) Expanding the margins of identity: A critique of marginalization in a globalized world. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation 2, 225 -241
Kunst, J. R., & Sam, D. L., (2014) “It’s on Time That They Assimilate” – Differential acculturation expectations towards first and second generation immigrants. International Journal of Intercultural Relations 39, 188-195
Spjeldnæs, I. O., Moland, K-M., Harris, J & Sam, D. L. (2013). Responsible mothering in Limpopo, South Africa: Perspectives of adolescents. Psychology & Society
Kunst, J R.; Thomsen, L., & Sam, D. L. (2014). Late Abrahamic reunion? Religious fundamentalism negatively predicts dual Abrahamic group categorization among Muslims and Christians. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 337 -348
Bye, H. H., Horverak, J. G., Sandal, G. M., Sam, D. L., & van de Vijver, F. J.R. (2014). Cultural fit and ethnic background in the job interview. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 14, 7 - 26
Iversen, V. C., Sam, D. L., & Helvik, A-S (2014) Psychological distress and perceived health in inmates in Norwegian prisons. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 42, 171 – 176
Sandal, G. M., van de Vijver, F. J.R., Bye, H. H., Sam, D. L., Amponsah, B., Cakar, N., Franke, G. H., Ismail, R., Kjellsen, K., Kosic, A., Leontieva, A. M., Shahrnaz, Sun., & Tien-Lun, C. (2014). Intended Self-Presentation Tactics in Job Interviews: A 10-Country Study.Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 45: 939-958. doi: 10.1177/0022022114532353
Spjeldnæs, I. O., Moland, K-M., Harris, J & Sam, D. L. (2014). Responsible mothering in Limpopo, South Africa: Perspectives of adolescents. 6 (2), 57 – 77
Kunst, J. R., Thomsen, L., Sam, D. L., & Berry, J. W., (2015). “We Are in This Together”: Common Group Identity Predicts Majority Members’ Active Acculturation Efforts to Integrate Immigrants. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. doi: 10.1177/0146167215599349
Sam, D. L., Tetteh, D. K., Amponsah, B (2015). Satisfaction with life and psychological symptoms among International students in Ghana and their correlates. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 49, 156-167;
Sam, D. L. (2015). Acculturation. In. In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol X. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 68 – 74. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.24034-8
Sam, D. L., (2016) Heart and mind. In Hua, Z., & Komisarof, A. (eds). Crossing Boundaries and Weaving Intercultural Work, Life and Scholarship in Globalizing Universities, pp. 67 - 77) London: Routledge
Jamaludin, N. L., Sam, D. L., Sandal, G. M., & Adam, A. A. (2016). The influence of perceived discrimination, orientation to mainstream culture and life satisfaction on destination-loyalty intentions: the case of international students. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2015.1119102
Jamaludin, N. L., Sam, D. L., Sandal, G. M., & Adam, A. A. (2016). . Personal values, subjective well-being and destination-loyalty intention of international students. SpringerPlus20165:720 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2439-3
Aby-Rayya, H., & Sam, D. L. (i2017). Is Integration the Best Way to Acculturate? A Re- examination of the Bicultural-Adaptation Relationship in the “ICSEY-Data Set”Using the Bilineal Method. Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology, 46, 287 - 293.
Sam, D. L. (2017). Multiculturalism. In F. M. Moghaddam (Ed). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political behavior (pp 504 – 507). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Inc
Sam, D. L., Bruce, D., Agyemand, C. B., Amponsah, B., & Arkofrul, H. (in press). Cyberbullying victimization in among high school and university students in Ghana. Deviant Behavior
Sam, D. L. (2017). Understanding positive immigrant youth adaptation in the context of multiculturalismSam. Journal of Adolescence, .doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.08.007. Buchanan, E., Abu-Rayya, H. M., Kashima, E., Paxton, S. J., & Sam, D. L. (in press). Perceived discrimination, language proficiencies, and adaptation: Comparisons between refugee and non-refugee immigrant youth in Australia. International Journal of Intercultural Relations.
- (2023). The integration hypothesis and positive mental health outcomes for children and young asylum-seekers in Iceland. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 8 sider.
- (2023). The Migration Experience of Forced Migrant Children and Youth in Iceland. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 75-88.
- (2023). Psychological distress among Afghan refugees in Norway as a function of their integration. Frontiers in Psychology. 10 sider.
- (2023). Investigation of gender bias in the mental imagery of faces. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. 27 sider.
- (2023). How ‘should’ the majority group acculturate? Acculturation expectations and their correlates among minority- and majority-group members. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 1-10.
- (2023). Evaluating the integration hypothesis: A meta-analysis of the ICSEY project data using two new methods. British Journal of Psychology. 819-837.
- (2023). Caregivers’ Perspective on the Psychological Burden of Living with Children Affected by Sickle Cell Disease in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children. 18 sider.
- (2023). Assessing levels of knowledge, compliance with preventive measures and behavioral adjustments to the ‘new normal’ of COVID-19: Empirical evidence from Ghana. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology (CRESP). 8 sider.
- (2023). Acculturation preferences and perceived (dis)loyalty of Muslims in the U.K.: Two vignette-based experimental studies. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 21 sider.
- (2022). Stressful life events, psychological symptoms, and social support of children and young asylum-seekers in Iceland. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
- (2022). Explanatory models of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression among Afghan refugees in Norway. BMC Psychology.
- (2021). The Missing Side of Acculturation: How Majority-Group Members Relate to Immigrant and Minority-Group Cultures. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 1-10.
- (2021). Do We Stand Together? The Role of Perceived Personal and Group Threats in Predicting the Majority’s (Un)willingness to Confront Injustice on Behalf of a Minority. Frontiers in Psychology. 14 sider.
- (2020). Citizenship and Socio-Political Integration: A Person-Oriented Analysis Among Russian-Speaking Minorities in Estonia, Finland and Norway. The Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 53-77.
- (2019). Threat, anti-western hostility and violence among European muslims: The mediating role of acculturation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 74-88.
- (2019). Climatic effects on the sociocultural and psychological adaptation of migrants within China: A longitudinal test of two competing perspectives. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 244-255.
- (2019). Civic engagement and participation among Ghanaian and Kenyan students and their correlates. Journal of Civil Society. 42-61.
- (2018). When psychological contract is violated: Revisiting the rejection-disidentification model of immigrant integration. The Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 484-510.
- (2018). Understanding positive immigrant youth adaptation in the context of multiculturalism. Journal of Adolescence. 222-225.
- (2018). Perceived discrimination, language proficiencies, and adaptation: Comparisons between refugee and non-refugee immigrant youth in Australia. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 105-112.
- (2018). Parenting and Late Adolescents' Well-Being in Greece, Norway, Poland and Switzerland: Associations with Individuation from Parents. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
- (2018). Destination Motivation, Cultural Orientation,and Adaptation: International Students’ Destination-Loyalty Intention. Journal of International Students. 38-65.
- (2018). Cyberbullying Victimization among High School and University Students in Ghana. Deviant Behavior.
- (2017). Is integration the best way to acculturate? A reexamination of the bicultural-adaptation relationship in the ?ICSEY dataset? using the bilineal method. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 287-293.
- (2016). The vicious circle of religious prejudice: Islamophobia makes the acculturation attitudes of majority and minority members clash. European Journal of Social Psychology. 249-259.
- (2016). The influence of perceived discrimination, orientation to mainstream culture and life satisfaction on destination loyalty intentions: The case of international students. Current Issues in Tourism. 934-949.
- (2016). Personal values, subjective well-being and destination-loyalty intention of international students. SpringerPlus. 1-11.
- (2015). “We Are in This Together”: Common Group Identity Predicts Majority Members’ Active Acculturation Efforts to Integrate Immigrants. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 1438-1453.
- (2015). Satisfaction with life and psychological symptoms among international students in Ghana and their correlates. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 156-167.
- (2014). “It’s on time that they assimilate” – differential acculturation expectations towards first and second generation immigrants. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 188-195.
- (2014). Psychological distress and perceived health in inmates in Norwegian prisons. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 171-176.
- (2014). Mothering in Limpopo, South Africa: Perspectives of adolescents . Psychology & Society.
- (2014). Mothering in Limpopo, South Africa: Perspectives of adolescents . Psychology & Society.
- (2014). Mothering in Limpopo, South Africa: Perspectives of adolescents. Psychology & Society.
- (2014). Late Abrahamic reunion? Religious fundamentalism negatively predicts dual Abrahamic group categorization among Muslims and Christians. European Journal of Social Psychology. 337-348.
- (2014). Intended Self-Presentation Tactics in Job Interviews: A 10-Country Study. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 939-958.
- (2014). Cultural fit and ethnic background in the job interview. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management. 7-26.
- (2013). Relationship between perceived acculturation expectations and Muslim minority youth's acculturation and adaptation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 477-490.
- (2013). Perceived islamophobia: Scale development and validation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 225-237.
- (2013). Migration and integration: some psychological perspectives on mutual acculturation. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. 203-204.
- (2013). Expanding the margins of identity: a critique of marginalization in a globalized world. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation. 225-241.
- (2012). Developing and evaluating the social axioms survey in eleven countries: its relationship with the five-factor model of personality. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 833-857.
- (2012). Coping with Islamophobia: The effects of religious stigma on Muslim minorities' identity formation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 518-532.
- (2011). Personal values and intended self-presentation during job interviews: A cross-cultural comparison. Applied Psychology. 160-182.
- (2011). Being man enough: Fatherhood experiences and expectations among teenage boys in South Africa. Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers. 3-21.
- (2010). Immigrant Youth: Acculturation, Identity and Adaptation. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik. 17-43.
- (2010). Acculturation: when individuals and groups of different cultural backgrounds meet. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 472-481.
- (2009). The intergenerational transmission of values in national and immigrant families: The role of Zeitgeist. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 642-653.
- (2009). Depressive Symptoms Among Native and Immigrant Adolescents in Norway: The Role of Gender and Urbanization. Social Indicators Research. 91-109.
- (2009). Depressive Symptoms Among Native and Immigrant Adolescents in Norway: The Role of Gender and Urbanization. Social Indicators Research. 91-109.
- (2008). Values of children among Sub-Sahran African women: The case of Ghanaian women. Journal of Psychology in Africa. 521-530.
- (2008). Rekruttering i flerkulturelle samfunn. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. 329-335.
- (2008). Immigration, acculturation and the paradox of adaptation in Europe. European Journal of Developmental Psychology. 138-158.
- (2007). The Acculturation and Adaption of Turkish Adolescents in North-Western Europe. Applied Developmental Science. 126-136.
- (2007). Continuity and change in reproductive attitudes of teenage women, their mothers, and maternal grandmothers in South africa. South African Journal of Psychology. 856-877.
- (2007). Continuity and change in reproductive attitudes of teenage women, their mothers, and maternal grandmothers in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology. 856-877.
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- (2006). Self-monitoring: a moderating role between acculturation strategies of immigrants. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 141-157.
- (2006). Self-monitoring: A moderating role between acculturation strategies and adaptation of immigrants. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 141-157.
- (2006). Immigrant youth: Acculturation, identity, and adaptation. Applied Psychology. 303-332.
- (2005). Østlige og vestlige psykoterapeutiske tradisjoner - forskjeller knyttet til mestring og kontroll. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. 395-403.
- (2005). Østerlige og vestlige psykoterapeutiske tradisjoner – forskjelliger knyttet til mrstring og knotroll. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. 395-403.
- (2005). The role of majority attitudes towards out-group in the perception of the acculturation strategies of immigrants. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 273-288.
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- (2010). Acculturation of young developing people: A theoretical perspective.
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RIFE – Risking it (all) for Europe
This project is still in its planning phase. It is going to be a collaborative project involving a number of countries including Greece and Ghana where the goals are among others to (i) understand the underlying motives and (ii) the sustaining factors that propel thousands of young individuals and families to look beyond their habitual country of residence; to look to Europe in their search for “greener pastures”.
DIMA – Determinants of inclusive Migrant integration
This has been an EEA funded comparative study on socio-political and psychological factors that may account for the integration of Russian speakers in Norway and Estonia. The study has involved both interviewing, focus-group discussions and questionnaire surveys of Russian-speakers in the two countries together with native Norwegians and Estonians.
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
This project seeks to understand why post-elections in Kenya are marred by violence in contrast to peaceful post-election transitions in Ghana. The study examines civic and political participation and engagement among university students in the two countries.
C-BULLY
This project is on Cyberbullying among high school and university students in Ghana. This is a 3-phase project with the goal of (i) determining the extent of cyberbullying in Ghana and the wellbeing of cyberbullying victims; (ii) develop a psychological portrait of both cyberbullying victims and perpetrators and (iii) understand the cultural factors that sustain cyberbullying in Ghana. A comparative component is currently being planned
- Culture and its effect on psychological research, theory and practice
- Acculturation of immigrants, refugees and sojourners
- Ethnic identity, acculturation strategies and health issues