Relationships between separation-individuation and aspects of acculturation in second generation Puerto Rican women.
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Title
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Relationships between separation-individuation and aspects of acculturation in second generation Puerto Rican women.
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Identifier
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AAI8915589
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identifier
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8915589
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Creator
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Domenech-Ristorucci, Debra Dianne.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Laurence J. Gould
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Date
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1988
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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This relationship between separation-individuation and acculturation was examined for forty, second generation Puerto Rican women. The women ranged in age between twenty-five and thirty-five, earned between {dollar}17,000 and \{dollar}37,000 and had no children. Significant relationships were found between separation-individuation and Puerto Rican acculturation and language preference. The more separated and individuated the women tended to be, the greater was the identification with the Puerto Rican culture. In addition, the less separated and individuated the women were, the stronger the preference for English over Spanish. However, the development of a bicultural identity was most related to how successfully they had resolved their angry feelings toward their mothers, not to how separated and individuated they were per se.;These findings were discussed in reference to how both processes were involved in the formation of the identity of these women. It also addressed the importance of greater clinical sensitivity in the treatment of Puerto Rican women undergoing acculturation.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
