ESP-3356

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Zhou, Y., Muhamad, A., & Ramli, Z. (2025). Champa immigrants in Malaysia: Environmental and social- psychological adaptation. Environment and Social Psychology, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v10i2.3356

Champa immigrants in Malaysia: Environmental and social- psychological adaptation

Yahui Zhou

Institute of The Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan, 50480, Malaysia School of Foreign Languages, Hainan Normal University, 571158, China

Asyaari Muhamad

Institute of The Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan, 50480, Malaysia

Zuliskandar Ramli

Institute of The Malay World and Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan, 50480, Malaysia


DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v10i2.3356


Keywords: Champa immigrants, environmental adaptation, social-psychological, cultural identity

Abstract

Culturally and historically, the migration of Champa immigrants to Malaysia shows the complicated interaction between environmental adaptation and social-psychological procedures as a significant event. From 1975, this migration was part of a government-led immigration policy that caused the first generation of Champa immigrants to Malaysia. With cultural ecology and social identity principle, the study examines how these immigrants have overcome to environmental challenges and controlled social and mental variations over the past five decades. Based on fieldwork, interviews, and file analysis, the research digs ecological adaptation measures, cultural identity protection, and the difficulties of marginalization and integration into Malaysian society. From a cultural ecology view, Champa immigrants show tough abilities to adapt to their environment and sustain their livelihoods by agriculture, fishing, and trade in many areas. These conventional activities provide financial steadiness and cultivate association with local Malaysian communities. However, the integration procedure is usually impeded by systemic marginalization, leading to relatively restricted involvement in wider Malaysian social and cultural frameworks. On basis of social identity principle, how Champa immigrants actively preserve their cultural identity by conventional customs, religious measures, and cultural rituals, is highlighted. These act as core points of their collective identity and an origin of resilience against assimilation stress. This dual attention to ecological adaptation and cultural identity, and also emphasizes how immigrants control the difficulties of a novel environment and protect a deep relationship with their cultural roots. The outcomes highlight the interconnection among the environment, social identity, and community resilience, providing precious understandings of the complicated procedures of migration, adaptation, and the protection of culture in diasporic communities.

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