Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2006):

Affective and attributional features of acculturative stress among ethnic minority college students.

Full Abstract

Little is known about the affective features of acculturative stress or its relation to attributional styles for negative events. The authors examined associations among acculturative stress, attributional style, and positive and negative affect among 96 ethnic minority college students. They hypothesized that acculturative stress would be characterized by elevated negative affect and global and stable attributions for negative events. Consistent with prediction, acculturative stress was significantly associated with negative affect and global attributions, even when controlling for other relevant predictors. Attributional style did not account for the association between negative affect and acculturative stress. Positive affect and stable and internal attributional styles were not related to acculturative stress. The authors discuss implications for reducing stress associated with acculturation.

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Author information

Author/s: Paukert, Amber L (AL); Pettit, Jeremy W (JW); Perez, Marisol (M); Walker, Rheeda L (RL);

Affiliation: Departmeny of Psychology, University of Houston, TX 777204-5022, USA. apaukert(-atsign-)uh.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of psychology (J Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Sep; vol 140 (issue 5) : pp 405-19

Dates: Created 2006/10/27; Completed 2006/12/07;

PMID: 17066748, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Acculturation Adult Affect Attitude - ethnology Ethnic Groups - psychology; statistics & numerical data Female

Humans Male Questionnaires Stress, Psychological - psychology Students - psychology; statistics & numerical data Universities

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