Risk and protective factors for delinquency among male adolescent immigrants at different stages of the acculturation process

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-31

  Titzmann, Peter F ^a,b   Raabe, Tobias ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Department of Developmental Psychology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescence; Delinquency; Immigration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MIGRATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; USSR;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; GERMANY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; USSR;

EID: 38849087293     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590701804305     Document Type: Article

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