Immigration, gender, and psychosocial adjustment: A study of 150 immigrant couples in Israel

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 847-863

  Remennick, Larissa ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender; Immigration; Psychosocial adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844449290     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-8297-z     Document Type: Review

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