The Cambridge handbook of acculturation psychology /
[Book]
edited by David L. Sam, John W. Berry.
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
1 online resource (xxiii, 551 pages) :
illustrations
Cambridge handbooks in psychology
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on the contributors; Forward; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The scope of acculturation; 1.2 Worldwide traveling and migration; 1.3 Culture and human behavior; 1.4 Contemporary research in psychology of acculturation; 1.5 References; 2 Acculturation: conceptual background and core components; 3 Contexts of acculturation; 4 Stress perspectives on acculturation; 5 Culture learning approach to acculturation; 6 Ethnic identity and acculturation; 7 Development and acculturation; 8 Personality and individual factors in acculturation.
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This international handbook in the highly topical area of acculturation psychology explores the changes that arise when people from different cultural backgrounds come into contact with each other. It also discusses how current knowledge can be applied to make this process and its outcome more manageable and profitable.