A measure of acculturation for Italian Canadians: Scale development and construct validation

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 607-637

  Kim, Chankon ^a   Laroche, Michel ^b   Tomiuk, Marc A ^c  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Changing ethnicity; Confirmatory factor analysis; Construct validation; Gender role perceptions; Italian canadian couples

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035648079     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-1767(01)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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