Reconcilable Differences? Human Diversity, Cultural Relativity, and Sense of Community

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-85

  Townley, Greg ^a   Kloos, Bret ^a   Green, Eric P ^a,b   Franco, Margarita M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community psychology; Forced migration; Human diversity; Latino immigrants; Multiculturalism; Sense of community; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UGANDA;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; DISABLED PERSONS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; REFUGEES; RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UGANDA;

EID: 78650966610     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9379-9     Document Type: Article

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