Ethnic identity development and acculturation: A longitudinal analysis of Mexican-Heritage youth in the Southwest United States

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 410-427

  Matsunaga, Masaki ^a   Hecht, Michael L ^b   Elek, Elvira ^c   Ndiaye, Khadidiatou ^d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ethnic identity development; Ethnolinguistic orientation; Latent profile and transition analyses; Mexicans and Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951020138     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109359689     Document Type: Article

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