Integrating cross-cultural psychology research methods into ethnic minority psychology

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 590-597

  Leong, Frederick T L ^a   Leung, Kwok ^b   Cheung, Fanny M ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross cultural psychology; Ethnic minority psychology; Measurement equivalence; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RESEARCH;

EID: 78549273653     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020127     Document Type: Article

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