Personal and group acculturation attitudes and adjustment: Russian and Ethiopian immigrants in Israel

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 956-974

  Kurman, Jenny ^a   Eshel, Yohanan ^a   Zehavi, Nirit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 25144496107     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02155.x     Document Type: Review

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