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3 - Acculturation and identity

from Part I - Theories, concepts and methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

By
Karmela Liebkind ,
Tuuli Anna Mähönen ,
Sirkku Varjonen  and
Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti
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. 30 - 49
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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