Acculturative Stress Among Cuban American College Students: Exploring the Mediating Pathways Between Acculturation and Psychosocial Functioning

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2862-2887

  Wang, Sherry C ^a   Schwartz, Seth J ^b   Zamboanga, Byron L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 78649399551     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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