Generational, ethnic, and national differences in attitudes toward the rights of children in israel and palestine

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 381-388

  Ben Arieh, Asher ^a   Khoury Kassabri, Mona ^a   Haj Yahia, Muhammad M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children's rights; Culture and nationality; Middle East

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD RIGHTS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; ISRAEL; MOSLEM; MOTHER; PALESTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARABS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MOTHERS; POLITICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33749038897     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.3.381     Document Type: Article

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