Preparing adolescents for immigration: A group intervention

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 413-425

  Mirsky, Julia ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Former Soviet Union; Immigration

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942509356     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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