The AHIMSA acculturation scale: A new measure of acculturation for adolescents in a multicultural society

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-251

  Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Gallaher, Peggy ^a   Shakib, Sohaila ^a   Ritt Olson, Anamara ^a   Palmer, Paula H ^a   Johnson, C Anderson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036337586     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02731602022003001     Document Type: Article

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