Cultural Influences for College Student Language Brokers

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-51

  Weisskirch, Robert S ^a   Kim, Su Yeong ^b   Zamboanga, Byron L ^c   Schwartz, Seth J ^d   Bersamin, Melina ^e   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturative stress; Communalism; Ethnic identity; Familial ethnic socialization; Filial piety; Language broker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE BROKERING; MALE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; TRANSLATING; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952080641     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021665     Document Type: Article

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