Integrating immigrant minorities: Developing a scale to measure majority members' attitudes toward their own proactive efforts

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 404-410

  Phelps, Joshua Marvle ^a   Eilertsen, Dag Erik ^a   Türken, Salman ^a   Ommundsen, Reidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethnic diversity; Integration; Majority minority relations; Multiculturalism; Scale development; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 79960362126     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2011.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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