Converging identities: Dimensions of acculturation and personal identity status among immigrant college students

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-165

  Schwartz, Seth J ^a   Kim, Su Yeong ^b   Whitbourne, Susan Krauss ^c   Zamboanga, Byron L ^d   Weisskirch, Robert S ^e   Forthun, Larry F ^f   Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^g   Beyers, Wim ^h   Luyckx, Koen ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cultural identity; Identity status; Immigrant; Personal identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMMIGRANT; INHERITANCE; MALE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877332568     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030753     Document Type: Article

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