Psychological Acculturation: Development of a New Measure for Puerto Ricans on the U.S. Mainland.

Tropp, Linda R.; Erkut, Sumru; Garcia Coll, Cynthia; Alarcon, Odette; Vasquez Garcia, Heidie A.

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ERIC Number: EJ582944

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Publication Date: 1999

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Psychological Acculturation: Development of a New Measure for Puerto Ricans on the U.S. Mainland.

Tropp, Linda R.; Erkut, Sumru; Garcia Coll, Cynthia; Alarcon, Odette; Vasquez Garcia, Heidie A.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v59 n2 p351-67 Apr 1999

Responses of 36 bilingual adults, 107 Puerto Ricans, and 247 Puerto Rican adolescents demonstrate the high degree of measurement equivalence between Spanish and English versions of the Psychological Acculturation Scale, developed to assess acculturation from a phenomenological perspective. (SLD)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Adults, Bilingual Students, English, Phenomenology, Psychological Patterns, Puerto Ricans, Social Integration, Spanish, Test Construction, Test Format

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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