Acculturation and well-being among college students from immigrant families

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 298-318

  Schwartz, Seth J ^a   Waterman, Alan S ^b   Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^c   Lee, Richard M ^d   Kim, Su Yeong ^e   Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^f   Huynh, Que Lam ^g   Whitbourne, Susan Krauss ^h   Park, Irene J K ⁱ   Hudson, Monika ^j   Zamboanga, Byron L ^k   Bersamin, Melina M ^l   Williams, Michelle K ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^k SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^l CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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Author keywords

Acculturation; Collectivism; College students; Immigrants; Individualism; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027921185     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21847     Document Type: Article

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