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8 - Immigrants andethnocultural groups

from Part II - Research with specific acculturating groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

By
Jan Pieter van Oudenhoven ,
Jaimee Stuart  and
Linda K. Tip
Edited by
David L. Sam  and
John W. Berry
David L. Sam
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
John W. Berry
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Ontario
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The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology , pp. 134 - 152
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Print publication year: 2016

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