Psychological Independence Among Immigrant Adolescents from the Former Soviet Union

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 363-373

  Mirsky, Julia ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

adolescents; immigration; psychological independence; Soviet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; INDEPENDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEPARATION ANXIETY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0034761185     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346150103800306     Document Type: Article

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