"Now i am living in Norway": Immigrant girls describe themselves

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-296

  Stiles, Deborah A ^a   Gibbons, Judith L ^a   Lie, Suzanne ^a   Sand, Therese ^a   Krull, Jodie ^a  

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EID: 0032363106     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106939719803200305     Document Type: Article

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