| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Table of Contents | 第7-9页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-21页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10-12页 |
| ·Brief Review of Intercultural Communication Field | 第10-11页 |
| ·Present Study Related to Intercultural Communication | 第11-12页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Shanghai Immigrated Daughters-in-law | 第12-14页 |
| ·Social and Academic Significance of the Present Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Social Significance | 第14页 |
| ·Academic Significance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Historical and Social Context of the Present Study | 第15-19页 |
| ·Immigration History of Shanghai | 第16-18页 |
| ·Xenophobic attitudes of Shanghainese toward Immigrants | 第18-19页 |
| ·Overview of the Thesis Development Process | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第21-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第21页 |
| ·Identity Studies in Developmental Psychology | 第21-23页 |
| ·Genesis | 第21-22页 |
| ·Development | 第22-23页 |
| ·An Inter-disciplinary Review of Identity Studies | 第23-51页 |
| ·In Social Psychology | 第23-34页 |
| ·Identity Theory | 第25-30页 |
| ·Social Identity Theory(psychological social psychology) | 第30-33页 |
| ·Integrating Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory | 第33-34页 |
| ·Contributions to Interview Questions | 第34页 |
| ·In Communication Psychology | 第34-45页 |
| ·Identity Negotiation Theory(INT) | 第35-40页 |
| ·Identity Management Theory(IMT) | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Communication Theory of Identity(CTI) | 第42-45页 |
| ·Contributions to Interview Questions | 第45页 |
| ·In Cultural Psychology | 第45-51页 |
| ·Brief overview of the field cultural psychology | 第45-47页 |
| ·Dynamic Constructivist Approach | 第47页 |
| ·Multicultural Identity | 第47-50页 |
| ·Contributions to Interview Questions | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Design | 第51-58页 |
| ·An Overview of Qualitative Research Methods | 第51-54页 |
| ·The Definition and Characteristics | 第51-52页 |
| ·Theoretical Paradigms and Perspective | 第52-53页 |
| ·Methods of Data Collection and Analysis | 第53-54页 |
| ·Comparison between Qualitative Methods and Quantitative Methods | 第54页 |
| ·The Rationale of Applying Qualitative Methods | 第54-56页 |
| ·The Features of the Present Study | 第55页 |
| ·The Merit of Selecting Qualitative Methods | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Rationale of Applying Internet-based Interview | 第56页 |
| ·The Rationale of Applying Grounded Theory Approach | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology and Procedure | 第58-81页 |
| ·Introduction | 第58页 |
| ·Exploratory Study | 第58-64页 |
| ·Setting, Procedures, and Participants | 第58-59页 |
| ·Measures | 第59-60页 |
| ·Analysis and Results | 第60-64页 |
| ·Formal Study | 第64-81页 |
| ·Setting, Procedures, and Participants | 第64-66页 |
| ·Measures | 第66-68页 |
| ·Analysis and Results | 第68-81页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Discussion | 第81-85页 |
| ·Review of Key Findings | 第81-85页 |
| ·Current Status of Cultural identity | 第81页 |
| ·Sociological Approach Discussion | 第81-83页 |
| ·Identity Negotiation Approach Discussion | 第83页 |
| ·Cultural Psychological Approach Discussion | 第83-85页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusions and Limitation | 第85-88页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第85-86页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Research | 第86-88页 |
| REFERENCE | 第88-94页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第94-97页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第97-98页 |
