Acculturation gap and family adjustment: Findings with soviet jewish refugees in the United States and implications for measurement

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 568-589

  Birman, Dina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Family relationships; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746642181     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022106290479     Document Type: Article

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