Acculturation attitudes, perceived attitudes of the majority, and adjustment of Israeli-Arab and Jewish-Ethiopian students to an Israeli University

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 593-612

  Kurman, Jenny ^a   Eshel, Yohanan ^a   Sbeit, Khalil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adaptive behavior; Ethnic identification; Group processes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; ATTITUDE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 26444456958     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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