Acculturation of iranians in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands: A test of the multidimensional individual difference acculturation (MIDA) model

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 468-491

  Safdar, Saba ^a   Struthers, Ward ^b   Van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Iranian immigrants; MIDA model

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749114321     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022108330990     Document Type: Article

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