Several works by Chicana/o psychologists in the late 1970s were instrumental in focusing
research on Chicana/os in the developing field of psychological acculturation. The first was …

Addresses 5 main goals. First, the constructs of ethnic identity and acculturation are
differentiated and clarified because many studies have used the terms synonymously and …

JEANNE L. TSAI thnic identity in Asian Americans is often understood as the degree to
which individuals identify with their country of ancestral origin (eg, China, Japan) …

Objectives: Ethnic identity development is considered a central task of adolescence and
emerging adulthood for ethnic minority individuals. Although the process of developing a …

The purpose of this chapter is to summarize the existing methods of assessing ethnic identity
and acculturation and to provide suggestions for future research. Both ethnic identity and …

A paper-and-pencil measure of acculturation for Chicano adolescents was developed using
multiple regression techniques and 924 Chicano and Anglo high school students in three …

Utilizing part of the survey data collected for a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)—
funded project from 29 public elementary schools in Phoenix, Arizona (N= 1,600), this study …

This the first of the two sepsrate entries under the broad topic Ethnic And Racial Identity. This
entry includes: components of ethnic identity; sociological and anthropological approaches …

Abstract Research on Asian American acculturation and ethnic/racial identity, although still
in development, has evolved and progressed over the past few decades. Researchers are …

With the exception of a handful of studies, Asian American racial identity has been virtually
ignored. In contrast, ethnic identity research has been applied more broadly to diverse …