Differentiating the culturally-based help-seeking patterns of immigrant parents from the former Soviet Union by comparison with parents in Russia

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-220

  Shor, Ron ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; USSR;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD GUIDANCE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RUSSIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; USSR;

EID: 34249829244     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.2.216     Document Type: Article

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