Predicting life satisfaction among adolescents from immigrant families in Norway

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 5-18

  Sam, David Lackland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Immigrants; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENTS; CULTURAL ASSIMILATION; ETHNIC IDENTITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LIFE SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIET NAM;

NORWAY;

EID: 0031835290     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1998.9961844     Document Type: Article

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