Culture Shock: the steps of integration

aruna · Jul 19, 2010

An interesting article, by someone living in Germany, but it applies to anyone who has moved country.

Kalvero Oberg was one of the first writers to identify five distinct stages of culture shock. He found that all human beings experience the same feelings when they travel to or live in a different country or culture. He found that culture shock is almost like a disease: it has a cause, symptoms, and a cure.

Billingsgate · Jul 19, 2010

My wife, a psychologist, has written a whole book about adjustment to living in another culture. Here's a brief excerpt, which summarizes acculturation pretty succinctly:

The Four Stages of Culture Shock

Yeshanu · Jul 22, 2010

Thanks for the articles, both of you.

a.forr3st3r · Jun 12, 2013

i now have added Culture Shock to list of things i need to read up on... AW has me so busy these days, if im not writing im usually reading up on some new thing i learnt here... best website ever!

SaraP · Jul 27, 2013

*bookmarks the links to read up on later*

Can't believe this thread went by so unnoticed. Thank you for the linkage, both of you!

Culture Shock: the steps of integration

aruna

On a wing and a prayer

Billingsgate

Disappointment to my mother

Yeshanu

Elf Queen

a.forr3st3r

SaraP

You can't forget those you've loved