Adolescent-family connectedness among arabs: A second cross-regional research study

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 248-261

  Dwairy, Marwan ^a,e   Achoui, Mustafa ^b   Abouserie, Reda ^c,f   Farah, Adnan ^d  

^a School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^d YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^e Department of Psychology ^*  (Israel)

^f The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arab; Authoritarian; Autonomy; Connectedness; Culture; Individuation; Muslims

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645654746     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022106286923     Document Type: Article

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