Research Catalog

Title

Acculturation and psychological adaptation / Vanessa Smith Castro ; foreword by Ulrich Wagner and Thomas F. Pettigrew.

Author

Castro, Vanessa Smith, 1969-

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.

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Details

Description

xii, 215 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Contributions in psychology, 0736-2714 ; no. 41

Uniform Title

Contributions in psychology ; no. 41.

Subject

• Acculturation
• Adaptability (Psychology)
• Ethnicity
• Intergroup relations > Costa Rica
• Cross-cultural studies
• Acculturation
• Adaptation, Psychological
• Cross-Cultural Comparison
• Ethnicity > psychology
• ethnicity
• Cross-cultural studies
• Ethnic relations
• Ethnicity
• Intergroup relations
• Anpassung
• Akkulturation
• Ethnizität
• Psychologie
• Costa Rica > Ethnic relations
• Costa Rica

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-212) and index.

Contents

Foreword / Ulrich Wagner, Thomas F. Pettigrew -- The Study of Acculturation: Heuristic and Methodological Challenges -- The Study of Acculturation: Including Cultural Diversity -- A Note on Organization -- Cultural Contact and Acculturation -- Acculturation -- Models of Acculturation -- A Framework for Research on Acculturation with Ethnic Groups -- Ethnic Identity -- Ethnic Identity as a Multidimensional Construct -- Understanding Ethnic Identity from the Social Identity Approach -- Antecedents of Ethnic Identity: Empirical Evidence -- Intergroup Attitudes and Behaviors -- Groups in Contact: Basic Concepts in the Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations -- Understanding Intergroup Hostility -- Intergroup Harmony: Preconditions and Mechanisms -- Psychological Adaptation -- Psychological Adaptation to Ethnically Plural Settings -- Acculturation Outcomes -- Empirical Evidence -- Predicting Acculturation Outcomes: Research Hypotheses -- Acculturation and Psychological Adaptation: Methodological Issues -- Participants -- Measuring Acculturation and Psychological Adaptation -- Procedure -- Overview of the Analyses -- Acculturation and Psychological Adaptation: Research Results -- A Further Test of the Structure and Properties of the Scales -- Mapping Acculturation Strategies -- Preliminary Analyses -- Primary Analyses -- An Integrative Overview -- The Measurement of Acculturation Dimensions and Strategies -- Limitations and Future Directions -- Instructions for the Classification of Parents' Occupations.

ISBN

• 0313323275
• 9780313323270

LCCN

2002070035

OCLC

• ocm49805492
• 49805492
• SCSB-8802699

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library