Validation of the Acculturative Stress Inventory for Children

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 216-224

  Suarez Morales, Lourdes ^a   Dillon, Frank R ^b   Szapocznik, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; acculturative stress; Hispanic children; psychometric properties; scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STRESS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCULTURATION; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548862073     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.13.3.216     Document Type: Article

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