Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ545363
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4545
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Acculturation Mode, Identity Variation, and Psychosocial Adjustment.
Damji, Tasleem; And Others
Journal of Social Psychology, v136 n4 p493-500 Aug 1996
Examines the effect of situational variations of ethnic identity and their relationship to measures of psychosocial adjustment. Among French Canadian university students, English-speaking students who identified strongly with their first language group but exhibited a high degree of inter-situational variation experienced more stress, depression, and lower self-esteem. (MJP)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Analysis of Variance, Cultural Interrelationships, Depression (Psychology), Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Group Unity, Higher Education, Mental Health, Psychological Patterns, Racial Identification, Self Actualization, Self Concept, Social Attitudes, Social Integration, Social Values, Stress Variables, Well Being
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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