Measuring Acculturation: Where we are and where we need to go

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-146

  Cabassa, Leopoldo J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturation measures; Acculturation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037596616     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986303025002001     Document Type: Article

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