When children have problems: Comparing help-seeking approaches of Israeli-born parents and immigrants from the former Soviet Union

International Social Work

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Shor, Ron ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Former Soviet Union; Help seeking; Immigrants; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750263746     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872806070971     Document Type: Conference Paper

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