Marginality Theory: The Lack of Construct Validity

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-15

  Del Pilar, Jose A ^a   Udasco, Jocelynda O ^b  

^a SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Construct validity; Hispanics; Marginality; Minority and ethnic groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042275501     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986303261813     Document Type: Review

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