Acculturation Expectations and Experiences as Predictors of Ethnic Migrants' Psychological Well-Being

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 786-806

  Mähönen, Tuuli Anna ^a   Jasinskaja Lahti, Inga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

acculturative stress; ethnic migrants; perceived discrimination; pre acculturation; psychological adaptation; sociocultural difficulties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878751550     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112466699     Document Type: Article

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