A tale of two cities: Replication of a study on the acculturation and adaptation of immigrant adolescents from the former Soviet Union in a different community context

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 83-101

  Birman, Dina ^a   Trickett, Edison ^a   Buchanan, Rebecca M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Assimilation; Community adaptation; Discrimination; Ethnic identity; Immigrants; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; USSR;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; USSR;

EID: 15244352256     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-005-1891-y     Document Type: Article

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