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    The Level of Assimilation of Armenians in Lebanon as a Function of Involvement with the Armenian State
    (2005) Kassabian, Dzovig
    A descriptive study was conducted using Bakalian's (1993) questionnaire to predict the level of assimilation of Armenians in Lebanon. Three groups were identified based on their involvement with the Armenian state. It was expected that those who visited Armenia twice and more are the least assimilated and those [who] have been to Armenia once or never but do not wish to visit it, the most assimilated. An objective questionnaire was used, which was operationalized along Gordon's seven variables. The results supported the hypotheses. Involvement with the Armenian state could identify the polarized, the traditional and the symbolic ethnics. More of the polarized group expressed intention to repatriate to the Republic of Armenia. The results were also compared to the equivalent groups of Bakalian's survey. Bakalian's sample was found to be much more assimilated than the present sample.