Swedish primary school pupils' inter-ethnic relationships

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-228

  Vedder, Paul ^a   O'Dowd, Mina ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elementary school; Immigrant children; Language proficiency; Social competence; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346338416     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00120     Document Type: Article

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