Brief report: British adolescents' views about the rights of asylum-seeking children

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 687-693

  Ruck, Martin D ^a   Tenenbaum, Harriet R ^b   Sines, Jennie ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asylum seekers; Children's rights; Social cognitive domain theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MORALITY; NURTURING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE;

EID: 34347389410     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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