Measures Matter: Scales for Adaptation, Cultural Distance, and Acculturation Orientation Revisited

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-109

  Demes, Kali A ^a   Geeraert, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acculturation; immigration migration; measurement statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890080630     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022113487590     Document Type: Article

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