Perceived context of reception among recent hispanic immigrants: Conceptualization, instrument development, and preliminary validation

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Schwartz, Seth J ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^b   Lorenzo Blanco, Elma I ^c   Des Rosiers, Sabrina E ^d   Villamar, Juan A ^e   Soto, Daniel W ^b   Pattarroyo, Monica ^b   Baezconde Garbanati, Lourdes ^b   Szapocznik, José ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Context of reception; Discrimination; Hispanic; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CUBA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUBA; DEPRESSION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895075703     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033391     Document Type: Article

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