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Should African Americans be construed as a race or as an ethnic group? If African Americans are defined as an ethnic group, what role does culture play in their lives and how can we measure their culture? This... volume argues that we should reject the concept of race and define African Americans as a cultural group. It presents [a scale] for measuring acculturation among African Americans, along with... studies that empirically explore the role of culture and acculturation in African American behavior, health, and psychology. Among the authors' findings are how acculturation predicts symptoms, such as depression and anxiety, and physical problems, such as hypertension.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)