Acculturation: When individuals and groups of different cultural backgrounds meet

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-481

  Sam, David L ^a   Berry, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturation strategies; Acculturative stress; Cultural learning; Development; Psychological adaptation; Sociocultural adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951588198     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691610373075     Document Type: Article

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