Construction and validation of the measurement of acculturation strategies for people of African Descent (MASPAD)

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 526-539

  Obasi, Ezemenari M ^a   Leong, Frederick T L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; African American; Culture; Identity; Worldview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIALIZATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CULTURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78549246183     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021374     Document Type: Article

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