The effects of contact with Asians and Asian Americans on White American college students: Attitudes, awareness of racial discrimination, and psychological adjustment

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 298-308

  Dinh, Khanh T ^a   Weinstein, Traci L ^b   Nemon, Melissa ^c   Rondeau, Sara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RIVIER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians contact theory; Mutual acculturation; Psychological adjustment; Racial attitudes; White college students

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649108403     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-008-9202-z     Document Type: Article

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