The role of discordant acculturation attitudes in perceived threat: An analysis of host and immigrant attitudes in Germany

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 683-702

  Rohmann, Anette ^a   Florack, Arnd ^b   Piontkowski, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acculturation attitudes; Concordance model of acculturation; Integrated threat theory; Intergroup threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750046888     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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