Acculturative Stress: Minority Status and Distress.

Saldana, Delia H.

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ERIC Number: EJ488544

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Acculturative Stress: Minority Status and Distress.

Saldana, Delia H.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v16 n2 p116-28 May 1994

A survey of 177 Hispanic and 93 Anglo college freshmen examined acculturative stress within a multivariate framework that includes social class, gender, and ethnicity as precursor variables; demographic and psychological indexes of acculturation; college role stresses experienced by most students; and minority stresses especially relevant to minority students. (Author/KS)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, College Freshmen, Ethnicity, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Minority Groups, Psychological Patterns, Social Class, Stress Variables, Student Adjustment, Test Construction

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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