Acculturation, the process whereby immigrants change their behavior and attitudes toward
those of the host society, is a fundamental part of migration-induced adaptations to new …

This article reviews evidence for re-conceptualizing acculturation status and acculturation
process in health care research with United States (US) Latino populations. Prior literature …

This article reports the development of a short (12-item) acculturation scale for Hispanics.
Separate factor analyses of the responses of 363 Hispanics and 228 non-Hispanic whites …

This article reports the development ofa bidimensional acculturation scaleforHispanics
(BAS). The scale provides an acculturation score for two major cultural dimensions …

Level of acculturation has been recognized as important in clinical work with ethnic
minorities. However, scales are lacking for assessment of this variable for Asians. The SL …

Recipient of the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States
1993 Outstanding Book Award America has been the breeding ground of a" biracial baby …

The fourth edition of this textbook offers a scientific and practical context within which to
understand and conduct clinical assessments of children's and adolescent's personality and …

A theory of cultural identification is presented indicating that identification with different
cultures is orthogonal. Instead of cultures being placed at opposite ends of a continuum …

This article describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the Stephenson
Multigroup Acculturation Scale (SMAS). Three studies were conducted to describe its …

THE GROWING NUMBER of ethnic minorities in the United States represents a challenge to
counselors and other mental health practitioners trained to implement therapeutic …