Development of the multidimensional acculturative stress inventory for adults of Mexican origin

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 451-461

  Rodriguez, Norma ^a   Myers, Hector F ^b   Mira, Consuelo Bingham ^c   Flores, Thomas ^a   Garcia Hernandez, Loretta ^a  

^a PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Pitzer College ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ACCULTURATIVE STRESS INVENTORY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0036899734     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.14.4.451     Document Type: Article

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