Personal reactions to 'strange' situations: Attachment styles and acculturation attitudes of immigrants and majority members

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 783-798

  Van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter ^a   Hofstra, Jacomijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acculturation attitudes; Attachment styles; Immigrants; Majority members

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750068563     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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