Navigating among worlds: The experience of ethiopian adolescents in Israel

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 585-611

  Goldblatt, Hadass ^a   Rosenblum, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethiopian adolescents; Family; Identity formation; Immigration; Integration; Qualitative research; Temporality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848861069     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558407303165     Document Type: Article

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