Acculturation and psychological adaptation
Title:
Acculturation and psychological adaptation
Author:
Castro, Vanessa Smith, 1969-
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9780313052439
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 215 p.) : ill.
Series:
Contributions in psychology, no. 41
Contributions in psychology ; no. 41.
Contents:
Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Study of Acculturation: Heuristic and Methodological Challenges; The Study of Acculturation: Including Cultural Diversity; A Note on Organization; 1 Cultural Contact and Acculturation; 2 Ethnic Identity; 3 Intergroup Attitudes and Behaviors; 4 Psychological Adaptation; 5 Acculturation and Psychological Adaptation: Methodological Issues; 6 Acculturation and Psychological Adaptation: Research Results; 7 Conclusions; Appendixes; A Instructions for the Classification of Parents' Occupations.
Abstract:
This volume addresses the psychological impact of interethnic contact and acculturation in Latin American settings, focusing on the effects of acculturation on self-esteem among adolescents. Opening with an account of relevant theoretical and empirical literature on interethnic contact and acculturation, this book represents an acid test of the cross-cultural applicability of theory and method largely derived from research on acculturation to North American and European settings. Much research has focused on acculturation processes among ethnic immigrants and ethnic minorities leading to the i.
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