Validation of Social Connectedness in Mainstream Society and the Ethnic Community Scales

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-73

  Yoon, Eunju ^a   Jung, Kyoung Rae ^b   Lee, Richard M ^b   Felix Mora, Monica ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Enculturation; General social connectedness; Social Connectedness in Mainstream Society Scale; Social Connectedness in the Ethnic Community Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS IN MAINSTREAM SOCIETY SCALE; SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS IN THE ETHNIC COMMUNITY SCALE; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ASIAN AMERICAN; DEMOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861124967     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026600     Document Type: Article

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