Dimensions of Acculturation: Associations With Health Risk Behaviors Among College Students From Immigrant Families

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-41

  Schwartz, Seth J ^a   Weisskirch, Robert S ^b   Zamboanga, Byron L ^c   Castillo, Linda G ^d   Ham, Lindsay S ^e   Huynh, Que Lam ^f   Park, Irene J K ^g   Donovan, Roxanne ^h   Kim, Su Yeong ^a   Vernon, Michael ^a   Davis, Matthew J ⁱ   Cano, Miguel A ^j  

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

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^h KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acculturation; Drug use; Ethnic identity; Immigrants; Sexual risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR DRIVING; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251585279     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021356     Document Type: Article

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