Acculturation strategies and integrative complexity: The cognitive implications of biculturalism

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-139

  Tadmor, Carmit T ^a   Tetlock, Philip E ^b   Peng, Kaiping ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Biculturalism; Frame switching; Integrative complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349175454     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022108326279     Document Type: Article

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