The Development of the Universal Ethnic Identity Scale (UEIS) for use in an Australian context

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 238-248

  Rooney, Rosanna ^a   Nesdale, Drew ^b   Kane, Robert ^a   Hattie, John ^c   Goonewardene, Romesh ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Belonging; Ethnic identity; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869852322     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2011.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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