Acculturation and self-esteem of Eritrean immigrants in Germany;Akkulturation und selbstwert von Eritreern in Deutschland

Zeitschrift fur Sozialpsychologie

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 157-167

  Florack, Arnd ^a   Quadflieg, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturation strategies; Immigration; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036752214     PISSN: 00443514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//0044-3514.33.3.157     Document Type: Article

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