Concept information
Preferred term
African American Acculturation Scale
Definition
- Acculturation is defined as the extent to which an ethnic minority individual participates in the values and beliefs of the dominant ethnic-majority culture. Acculturation can be thought of as a continuum from traditional at one extreme, to bicultural in the middle, to acculturated at the other extreme. [Source: Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology; Acculturation Scales: African American Acculturation Scale]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/African_American_Acculturation_Scale
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