Acculturation: Advances in Theory, Measurement, and Applied Research (Decade of Behavior)

Title......Page 2
Contents......Page 3
Contributors......Page 5
Decade of Behavior Foreword......Page 6
Foreword......Page 7
Preface......Page 12
Introduction: Social Change\rand Acculturation......Page 18
I. Advances in Theory\rand Measurement......Page 29
1. Conceptual Approaches to Acculturation......Page 30
2. Major Approaches to the Measurement of Acculturation Among Ethnic Minority Populations......Page 51
3. Ethnic Identity and Acculturation......Page 73
4. Acculturation and Changes in\rCultural Values......Page 92
5. Acculturation Among Ethnic\rMinority Families......Page 103
6. The Influence of Acculturation\rProcesses on the Family......Page 128
7. The Relationship Between\rAcculturation and Ethnic Minority\rMental Health......Page 143
8. Acculturation and Physical Health in\rRacial and Ethnic Minorities......Page 166
9. Acculturation, Psychological\rDistress, and Alcohol Use:\rInvestigating the Effects of Ethnic\rIdentity and Religiosity......Page 189
10. Idioms of Distress, Acculturation, and Depression: The Puerto Rican Experience......Page 207
11. Acculturation, Alcohol Consumption,\rSmoking, and Drug Use\rAmong Hispanics......Page 223
Author Index......Page 240
Subject Index......Page 250
About the Editors......Page 257