▪ Abstract This chapter provides an overview of the concept of acculturation and reviews
existing evidence about the possible relationships between acculturation and selected …

This article reviews evidence for re-conceptualizing acculturation status and acculturation
process in health care research with United States (US) Latino populations. Prior literature …

Acculturation measures intend to capture the psychological, behavioral, and attitudinal
changes that occur when individuals and groups from different cultures come into …

There has been a significant gap in the gambling literature regarding the role of culture in
gambling and problem gambling (PG). This paper aims to this such gap by presenting a …

Acculturation represents an important construct for elucidating the determinants and
consequences of health disparities in minority populations. However, the processes and …

Emerging communications technologies allow us to potentially reach more individuals with
effective health-related advice and information at a very low cost. As we begin a new era of …

Objectives. This study examined the relationship between acculturation and leisure-time
physical inactivity among Mexican American adults. Methods. Using data from the Third …

This paper describes the theoretical and empirical foundations of Familias Unidas, a
multilevel, family-centered intervention designed to prevent problem behavior in Hispanic …

Understanding the processes of acculturation in ethnic minority populations is one of the
central tasks of crosscultural research. Addressing challenges of theory, methods, and …

With the swelling number of immigrants coming to the US, there has been a growing
concern about development of measures that capture the gradual process of acculturation; …