Assessment of child and adolescent migrants to Australia: A crosscultural comparison

Behaviour Change

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 220-235

  Barrett, Paula M ^a   Sonderegger, Robi ^a   Sonderegger, Noleen L ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; SCHOOL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STUDENT;

EID: 0042415338     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.19.4.220     Document Type: Article

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