Bilingualism, school achievement, and mental wellbeing: A follow-up study of return migrant children

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 261-266

  Vuorenkoski, Lauri ^a   Kuure, Olli ^b   Moilanen, Irma ^b   Penninkilampi, Varpu ^b   Myhrman, Antero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child development; Depression; Language; Migration; School

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; WELLBEING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTILINGUALISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0034017098     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099005168     Document Type: Article

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