Life satisfaction and competence of Bosnian refugees in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-149

  Van Selm, Karin ^a,b   Sam, David Lackland ^b   Van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bosnians; Competence; Life satisfaction; Refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000622992     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00020     Document Type: Article

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