The Cambridge handbook of acculturation psychology /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by David L. Sam, John W. Berry.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxiii, 551 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge handbooks in psychology
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.