What It Means to Be and Feel Like a “True” American: Perceptions and Experiences of Second-Generation Americans

“Using consensual qualitative research methods (C. E. Hill et al., 2005; C. E. Hill, B. Thompson, & E. N. Williams, 1997) the authors identified 6 major domains that described participants??? experiences, including physical characteristics of true Americans, behavioral characteristics of true Americans, beliefs and values of true Americans, the impact of 9/11 on definitions of true Americans, participants??? American identity, and experiences as 2nd-generation Americans.” Description from source