Latino college student adjustment: Does an increased presence offset minority-status and acculturative stresses?

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1523-1550

  Rodriguez, Norma ^c   Morris, Julie K ^a   Myers, Hector F ^a   Cardoza, Desdemona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0034216267     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02534.x     Document Type: Article

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