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Cultural Characteristics (0):
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We explore Sri Lankan Tamil immigrant women's views on factors contributing to intimate partner violence (IPV). We conducted eight focus groups with young, midlife, and senior women and women who experienced IPV. Three main themes emerged: postmigration sources of stress and conflict, patriarchal so...
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PMID: 21834718
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This study offers an original analysis of how community nurse practice teachers learn to enact their role. A constructivist grounded theory approach was applied to a study of thirty community nurse practice teachers. Practice teachers were interviewed using a lightly structured interview approach fol...
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PMID: 21095045
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The practising midwife (14)6 2011
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This paper describes the successful implementation of the WHO/Unicef Baby Friendly Hospital initiative (BFHI) in a large, culturally diverse hospital in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Breastfeeding rates in the UAE are high (>90 per cent), although mixed feeding is considered the norm. Traditional r...
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PMID: 21739730
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Xenobiotica (41)5 2011
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Nurse educators are challenged by students who did not learn Standard American English as a primary language. It is not only language that makes these students stand out-cultural beliefs, values and practices need to be appreciated as well. The purpose of this article is to synthesize the current qu...
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PMID: 19645373
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Australian Health Review (35)2 2011
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Background. Cancer mortality among Indigenous Australians is higher compared to the non-Indigenous population and attributed to poor access to cancer detection, screening, treatment and support services. A large proportion of Indigenous Australians live in rural and remote areas whic...
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PMID: 21612740
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This article presents the first author, Wanda Lovett's experiences of pre-qualifying nurse education in rural Uganda, with a particular focus on promoting effective learning within community placements. The culture and context of health care and of nurse education are very different in this area when...
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PMID: 21471922
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The assessment of individual vulnerability to stress emerges as a predictive factor of a higher risk of developing stress-related disorders. In the last decade, the geography of immigration in Portugal experienced intense transformations in terms of recruitment and patterns of geogra...
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PMID: 21287274
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Jewish quarterly review (101)2 2011
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I begin with a historiographic introduction to the emerging subfield of gay Jewish history. I then turn to reintroduce Jiri Langer, a homosexual and Hasidic writer affiliated with the interwar "Prague circle" (and friend of Franz Kafka and Max Brod) into the purview of modern Jewish Studies. I take...
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PMID: 21961190
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At an optimum threshold of 10, PHQ-9 showed a sensitivity of 81.2% and specificity of 86.8%. The area under the curve was 0.91. PHQ-9 presented unidimensional structure with good scale reliability (α=0.82). PHQ-9 score presented the greatest correlations with SCL-90R depression (r=0.736) and WHOQOL...
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PMID: 21618450
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To explore primary care nurses' reported behaviour in consultations and their knowledge, beliefs and attitudes in relation to traditional and complementary approaches (TCA) for children.
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PMID: 21706977
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I evaluate the extent to which ethnic disparities in advance care planning reflect cultural and religious attitudes and experience with the painful deaths of loved ones. Data are from a sample of 293 chronically ill older adults who are seeking care at one of two large medical centers in urban New J...
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PMID: 21748919
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From the magnificent to the mundane to the sublime, grave inscriptions serve as remembrances of the dead and provide concrete evidence of the thoughts and values of the day. In this study, 1,214 grave inscriptions (N = 1,214) dated 1900 to 2009 were examined for evidence of seculariz...
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PMID: 22010373
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I will comment on the potential of evangelicalism's influence to reach into various areas of society, a claim that has often been contested in the existing historiography. I will explore the manner by which religious belief interacted with medico-scientific views pertaining to diet; and how it penet...
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PMID: 21954487
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Geographical Review (101)2 2011
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I employ oral history as my primary source of historical evidence to reconstruct these past ecologies and associated social relationships and to give voice to the informants....
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PMID: 21954490
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Psychiatria polska (45)2 2011
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The Jerusalem syndrome is an acute psychotic state observed in tourists and pilgrims who visit Jerusalem. The main symptom of this disorder is identification with a character from the Bible and exhibiting behaviours which seems to be typical for this character. The article presents a...
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PMID: 21714216
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The sailor suits widely worn by children in late-nineteenth-century Britain have been interpreted at the time, and since, as expressions of an Imperial ethos. Yet, a closer examination of the ways that these garments were produced by mass manufacturers, mediated by advertisers and fa...
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PMID: 21954488
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The slow but significant changes in the material culture of European households that took place in the pre-industrial period are visible in several ways, such as in the changing patterns of housing, furnishing and clothing which have been illustrated in several studies. However, most...
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PMID: 21954491
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Hastings Center Report (41)2 2011
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Hastings Center Report (41)2 2011
Troubled children: diagnosing, treating, and attending to context. A Hastings Center special report.
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With the onset of global migration, nurses are faced with dealing with cultures from around the world. Having an understanding of transcultural nursing concepts and translating them to practice will be key to nurses meeting the needs of an ever changing patient population. Acculturat...
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PMID: 21744672
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Patients often have difficulty understanding what randomization is and why it is needed in Phase III clinical trials. Physicians commonly report using metaphorical language to convey the role of chance in being assignment to treatment; however, the effectiveness of this strategy as an educational to...
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PMID: 21128152
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Quitting smoking is one of the most important behavior changes a pregnant woman can make, with health benefits extending beyond pregnancy for the woman and her child. Increasing numbers of pregnant women are quitting smoking; however, the majority resume smoking later in their pregnancy or shortly a...
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PMID: 21120739
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American Journal of Health Promotion (25)5 Suppl 2011
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No studies have examined the differences in smoking attitudes and behavior between Dominicans (DRs) and Puerto Ricans (PRs). Identification of pretreatment differences is important for cultural adaptation of evidenced-based smoking cessation treatments.
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PMID: 21510794
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American Journal of Health Promotion (25)5 Suppl 2011
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Determine the extent to which Latino smokers are using effective interventions for smoking cessation, with particular focus on nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Related aims were to explore cultural, attitudinal, knowledge, and socioeconomic variables associated with treatment use.
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PMID: 21510796
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Psicothema (22)4 2010
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We conduct a sociocultural analysis of its building blocks, namely the definitions and assumptions embedded in the notions of "response" and "intervention". We used interdisciplinary theoretical and empirical insights about the cultural nature of learning and development to inform our analysis. We d...
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PMID: 21044537
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Academic Medicine (85)11 2010
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To probe medical students' narrative essays as a rich source of data on the hidden curriculum, a powerful influence shaping the values, roles, and identity of medical trainees.
In 2008, the authors used grounded theory to conduct a thematic analysis of third-year Harvard Medical School students' ref...
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PMID: 20881818
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Violence against women is an important public health problem. The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) among immigrant Iraqi women, and to explore the association between IPV and self-rated health. A pilot study using a previously p...
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PMID: 20924789
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To validate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) questionnaire.
The original version of the 2007 YRBS was translated into Portuguese and back-translated into English. The questionnaire versions were analyzed by a committee of experts. The...
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PMID: 20877922
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MEDICC Review (12)4 2010
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to understand both men's and women's beliefs and attitudes regarding public maternity and newborn services, care and quality.
qualitative, cross-sectional, retrospective study with an observation arm, using community-based participatory research as both the mechanism of enquiry and catalyst for chan...
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PMID: 20692744
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High Type 2 diabetes prevalence, associated with recent cultural changes in diet and physical activity, characterizes the U.S. territory of American Samoa. Comorbid diabetes and depression rates are high worldwide and contribute to negative diabetes outcomes; these rates have not been assessed in Am...
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PMID: 21058808
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To present the development of an adapted version of the Boston Naming Test for Portuguese speakers, and to investigate the effects of age, education and gender on both the original and the adapted Boston Naming Test in respect of Brazilian Portuguese speakers.
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PMID: 20428731
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Public Health Nutrition (13)9 2010
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In the context of the nutrition transition and associated changes in the food retail sector, to examine the socio-economic characteristics and motivations of shoppers using different retail formats (large supermarkets (LSM), medium-sized supermarkets (MSM) or traditional outlets) in Tunisia.
Cross-s...
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PMID: 20353618
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Violence against women, in its various forms, is endemic in communities and countries around the world, cutting across class, education, race, age, religious and national boundaries.
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PMID: 20852662
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Cultural norms affect the likelihood that child sexual abuse will be discovered by an adult or disclosed by a child. Cultural norms also affect whether abused children's families will report child sexual abuse to authorities. This article explores the ways ethnic and religious culture affect child s...
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PMID: 20924908
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We call for attention to several practice areas, including (a) prioritizing a child's mental health needs while minimizing disruption of forensic processes, (b) developing best practices and models of child sexual abuse assessment and evaluation when a one-session forensic interview is insufficient,...
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PMID: 20924907
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The 2 medical recommendations were more familiar and more believed than any of the identified folk beliefs. The most widely known folk belief was that it is dangerous for a woman to go outdoors 4 to 6 weeks after she has a baby, which was familiar to 93% of respondents. The most believed cultural it...
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PMID: 20806681
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We crossed the contributions of urban sociology and of the contemporary sociology of sport while respecting the methodological principles of qualitative sociology. A first point concerns the process of"sport" itself, its definition, its various stages, and the role played by communication of stakeho...
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PMID: 21032854
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Australasian Psychiatry (18)4 2010
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Working in a remote environment provided an insight into how to engage culturally diverse Indigenous communities and an invaluable training experience....
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PMID: 20645900
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Behavior Genetics (40)4 2010
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We confirmed that loneliness is moderately heritable, with a significant contribution of non-additive genetic variation. There were no effects of vertical cultural transmission. With respect to demographic characteristics, results indicated that marriage, having offspring, more years of education, a...
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PMID: 20145989
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Archives of Surgery (145)7 2010
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Among Hispanic American individuals, low acculturation, religion, belief, and family influence affect the intent to register for organ donation. To improve organ donation, these risk factors should be considered using specific, effective educational programs....
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PMID: 20644132
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Military Medicine (175)7 2010
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503 volunteers were surveyed with a response rate of 73% (n = 369). A total of 50.7% reported using at least one CAM therapy within the last year. CAM use was significantly higher among women, Caucasians, and a college level education or greater. CONCLUSION: Prevalence of CAM use is higher within a...
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PMID: 20684460
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Urologia Internationalis (85)1 2010
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We report the translation and validation process of the German ICIQ-VS.
Pilot study: 10 patients without any specific disease. MAIN STUDY: 58 Patients (cases) suffering from genital descensus higher than grade 1 pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POPQ) and 51 patients (controls) without vaginal a...
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PMID: 20530956
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We conducted face-to-face interviews with 1011 children (age 11-16) and 1011 adult caregivers, randomly selected in a school-based survey in three northern and central areas. Participants narrated their experiences as part of a systematic health survey, including an open-ended questionnaire on major...
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PMID: 20452111
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This article presents an overview of culture as treatment, by recognizing the impact that culture has on treatment along with the specific rituals, customs, and meanings related to healing. Attention must be given to the Aboriginal heritage, including various concepts of metaphysics, spirituality, m...
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PMID: 20506971
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Despite being free of charge, treatment adherence to 7-day primaquine for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax was estimated at 62.2% among patients along the Iquitos-Nauta road in the Peruvian Amazon. The principal reason for non-adherence was the perceived adverse effects related to local humoral...
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PMID: 20519594
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Hawaii medical journal (69)6 Suppl 3 2010
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American Samoa health care providers' use and perceptions of common complementary and alternative treatments, with a focus on traditional Samoan healing for women diagnosed with breast cancer or cervical cancer, was investigated to inform the development of the first locally produced women's cancer p...
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PMID: 20539997
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Based on the results of the assessment, the Chinese version of FAQ 1 is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring students' or health care providers' knowledge about older people.
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PMID: 20022322
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Sexual Health (7)2 2010
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These findings indicate that issues of power and identity construction have great implications for the uptake of HIV prevention strategies by African immigrant groups and reveal important opportunities on which to focus prevention efforts....
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PMID: 20465975
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Ciencia and Saude Coletiva (15 Suppl 1) 2010
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This study aimed to assess the popular practices in oral health care on pathologies such as dental caries, periodontal disease and others, in Tabajara District, Rondonia State, Brazil as folklore has a great importance on cultural aspects of the Brazilian people, and can be considered a social and c...
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PMID: 20640309
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Ciencia and Saude Coletiva (15 Suppl 1) 2010
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We present an overview of the publication about the health care in the family context. We developed a bibliographical research taking as source the following databases: SciELO, MEDLINE and Lilacs using the keywords: health care and family caregivers considering the period from 1995 through 2007. We...
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PMID: 20640312
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British Journal of Social Psychology (49)Pt 2 2010
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The purpose of this study is to examine qualitatively how respondents create national distinctiveness using rhetorical identity strategies in the context of four Finnish national symbols. The data consist of 127 essays written by Finnish secondary school students. Analysis revealed five different st...
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PMID: 19558753
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British Journal of Social Psychology (49)Pt 2 2010
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This study examined the effect of close and extended intercultural contact on attributions for behaviour of out-group members. Specifically, it was hypothesized that extended intercultural contact would enhance the ability to make external and culturally sensitive attributions for ambiguous behaviou...
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PMID: 19622198
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Journal of Adolescence (33)3 2010
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We examined how family cultural socialization related to the ethnic identity of Asian American, Latino, White, and Mixed-Ethnic emerging adults (N=225). Greater family cultural socialization was related to greater ethnic identity exploration and commitment. Ethnic minority students reported higher l...
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PMID: 20022364
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