Acculturation preferences of majority and minority adolescents in Germany in the context of society and family

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 703-717

  Pfafferott, Inga ^a   Brown, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acculturation discrepancies; Acculturation preferences; Adolescents; Majority minority relations; Multiculturalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750063442     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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