A mutual acculturation model of multicultural campus climate and acceptance of diversity

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 468-475

  Simmons, Samantha J ^a   Wittig, Michele A ^b   Grant, Sheila K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance of diversity; Acculturation; Campus climate; Contact theory; Ethnic identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; CULTURAL VALUE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78549249165     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020237     Document Type: Article

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