The immigrants' point of view: Acculturation, social judgment, and the relative propensity to take the perspective of the other

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-197

  Sammut, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

acculturation; immigration; intercultural contact; naturalizers; perspective taking; points of view; social judgment; sojourners

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869764890     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X11434837     Document Type: Article

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