Say "Adios" to the American Dream? The Interplay Between Ethnic and National Identity Among Latino and Caucasian Americans

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-49

  Devos, Thierry ^a   Gavin, Kelly ^a   Quintana, Francisco J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; identification; implicit; national identity; prototypicality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449120414     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015868     Document Type: Article

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