Questioning the U-curve Model?
- Approximate Time Commitment: 30 minutes
Adjusting to a new culture can be difficult. This activity taken from the CIT Next online course Culture Shock has two elements to create one complete activity. Perhaps the U-curve is incomplete because it only addresses “sense of well-being,” which is predominantly a measure of emotional response…
Are you past the fun and now into the challenges of living and ministering in a new culture? There are some good principles that you can put into practice as you seek to weather culture shock and adapt well to the place where God has sent you. Survival is not the goal; rather, the goal is to allow God to grow you in a way that prepares you to understand and love others around you. Cultural Shock may be just the course that will help.
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What are limiting factors of the U-curve model in describing culture stress?
- Does everyone follow the 4-step pattern?
- Do the stages always go in the same order?
- Does everyone experience the honeymoon?
- Does one’s individual personality or the closeness of one’s home culture and the host culture affect the culture adaptation process?
- Can culture stress decrease for those who have many deep relationships with people in the host culture?
Perhaps the U-curve is incomplete because it only addresses “sense of well-being,” which is predominantly a measure of emotional response…
Read Darlene Jovellanos’ post in the SEND U Blog – Questioning the Validity of “The 4 Stages of Cultural Adjustment” and then take a look at a Dr. Milton Bennett’s DMIS model for cultural adaptation.
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