Psychological reports
Volume 74, Issue 3 Pt 1, 1994, Pages 735-738

Validity of a single-item index of acculturation in Vietnamese immigrant youth. (Article)

Ranieri N.F.* , Klimidis S. , Rosenthal D.A.
  • a Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Australia
  • b Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Australia
  • c Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Australia

Abstract

A single-item index of acculturation towards a host culture is described. The index appears to have good construct validity as assessed in a sample of 177 young Vietnamese immigrants in Australia.

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Social Values Vietnam social psychology Australia psychological aspect human statistics Ethnic Groups ethnic group ethnology Humans Adolescent male Personality Development Acculturation female ego development personality test Viet Nam Personality Inventory reproducibility Reproducibility of Results cultural factor Psychometrics psychometry Article adult migration Emigration and Immigration
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ISSN: 00332941
Cited by: 18
Original Language: English