Are ethnic minority adolescents at risk for problem behaviour? Acculturation and intergenerational acculturation discrepancies in early adolescence

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 527-541

  Atzaba Poria, Naama ^a   Pike, Alison ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36448983943     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151006X173053     Document Type: Article

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