The Impact of Acculturation and Religious Identification on Perceived Discrimination for Arab/Middle Eastern Americans

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-67

  Awad, Germine H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; Arab Americans; Christians; ethnic identity; Muslims; perceived discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOSLEM; PREDICTION; RELIGION; SOCIETY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARABS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449113574     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016675     Document Type: Article

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