Israeli Jews and Arabs: Similarities and differences in the utilization of social support

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 465-480

  Pines, Ayala Malach ^a   Zaidman, Nurit ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Israeli Arabs; Israeli Jews; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037998717     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022103034004006     Document Type: Article

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