The subjective estimation of integration into a new society and the level of distress

Stress Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-123

  Rotenberg, Vadim ^a,b   Kutsay, Sergey ^a   Venger, Alexander ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Forum Zioni   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distress; Education; Employment; Immigration; Life crisis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; ISRAEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0034059731     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200003)16:2<117::AID-SMI838>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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