Psychological wellness and distress among recent immigrants: A four-year longitudinal study in Israel and Germany

International Migration

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-175

  Mirsky, Julia ^a   Slonim Nevo, V ^a   Rubinstein, L ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33847316065     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2007.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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