The relationship between campus diversity, students' ethnic identity and college adjustment: A qualitative study

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-114

  Santos, Silvia J ^a,e   Ortiz, Anna M ^b   Morales, Alejandro ^c   Rosales, Monica ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Campus climate; College students; Ethnic identity; Interethnic relationships; Student attitudes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANECDOTES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34248576014     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.13.2.104     Document Type: Article

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