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This is a review and analysis of theoretical and applied developments available in acculturation research. It includes theory data relevant to the four major ethnic minority groups: African Americans, Asian Americans, American Indians and Hispanics/Latinos. It specifically looks at contemporary developments in the theoretical analysis of acculturation as a culture-learning process - its relationship with other constructs (such as ethnic identification) and with cultural values and mores. Also, developments in measuring acculturation and its application to understanding changes in family relations, health status, addictions and mental health are included, making this volume useful for those working with ethnic minority groups and to those researchers working in the field.

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• Contributors(p. xiii)
• Decade of Behavior Foreword(p. xv)
• Foreword(p. xvii)
• Preface(p. xxiii)
• Introduction: Social Change and Acculturation(p. 3)
• Part I Advances in Theory and Measurement(p. 15)
• 1. Conceptual Approaches to Acculturation(p. 17)
• 2. Major Approaches to the Measurement of Acculturation Among Ethnic Minority Populations: A Content Analysis and an Alternative Empirical Strategy(p. 39)
• Part II Understanding Individual and Family Processes(p. 61)
• 3. Ethnic Identity and Acculturation(p. 63)
• 4. Acculturation and Changes in Cultural Values(p. 83)
• 5. Acculturation Among Ethnic Minority Families(p. 95)
• 6. The Influence of Acculturation Processes on the Family(p. 121)
• Part III Acculturation, Psychosocial Adjustment, and Health(p. 137)
• 7. The Relationship Between Acculturation and Ethnic Minority Mental Health(p. 139)
• 8. Acculturation and Physical Health in Racial and Ethnic Minorities(p. 163)
• Part IV Advances in Applied Research(p. 187)
• 9. Acculturation, Psychological Distress, and Alcohol Use: Investigating the Effects of Ethnic Identity and Religiosity(p. 189)
• 10. Idioms of Distress, Acculturation, and Depression: The Puerto Rican Experience(p. 207)
• 11. Acculturation, Alchol Consumption, Smoking, and Drug Use Among Hispanics(p. 223)
• Author Index(p. 241)
• Subject Index(p. 251)
• About the Editors(p. 259)

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Building on works such as Handbook of Cross-Cultural Psychology, ed. by J.W. Berry, M.H. Segall, and C. Kagitcibasi (v.3, 1996), and Field Methods in Cross-Cultural Research, ed. by Berry and W.J. Lonner (1986), the experts who contribute to this volume summarize acculturation research to date and suggest new directions. The editors (all Univ. of San Francisco) have assembled a substantial contribution to developing a more sophisticated, nuanced understanding of acculturation. Issues addressed include difficulties in comparing studies; contextual issues, such as person-environmental interaction; costs of acculturation, such as culture conflict; the role of minority group status; acculturation's impact on individual and family processes; and the complex relationship between acculturation and adjustment. As the cultural constellation of the US shifts, with historically high levels of cultural and ethnic group contact, these are significant public health issues. Provocative points raised include the dearth of research studies involving many of the nation's ethnic groups and the finding that health may actually decline with acculturation, as the initially resilient, aggressive immigrant population transforms to a second- or third-generation group experiencing culture conflict, minority status, and acceptance of behaviors such as high-fat diets and increased alcohol use. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. L. M. C. Abbott Trapp formerly, California School of Professional Psychology

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Kevin M. Chun, Phd, is Associate Professor of Psychology and Asian American Studies at the University of San Francisco. Senior Investigator at the University of California-San Francisco, and Alumni Scholar at the National Research Center on Asian American Mental Health. University of California-Davis
Pamela Balls Organista, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of San Francisco
Gerardo Marin, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Francisco and an APA Fellow