Immigrant identity of israeli adolescents from Ethiopia and the former USSR: Culture-specific principles of organization

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-92

  Orr, Emda ^a   Mana, Adi ^a   Mana, Yosef ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 0037242168     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.132     Document Type: Article

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