A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Discrimination on the Acculturation Strategies of International Students

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 401-420

  Ramos, Miguel R ^a,b   Cassidy, Clare ^c   Reicher, Stephen ^c   Haslam, S Alexander ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

acculturation strategies; perceived discrimination; permeability of group boundaries; social identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960386260     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022116628672     Document Type: Article

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