The self-image of Greek, Greek-migrant and German adolescents

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 241-247

  Siefen, G ^c   Kirkcaldy, B D ^a,b   Athanasou, J A ^d   Peponis, M ^a  

^a Jena University ^*

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c Westfalen Clin Child/Adol P   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INTROVERSION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030018381     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00785774     Document Type: Article

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