Acculturation and adaptation of immigrant adolescents in Greek urban schools

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-58

  Motti Stefanidi, Frosso ^a   Pavlopoulos, Vassilis ^a   Obradovic, Jelena ^b   Masten, Ann S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescence; Immigration; Resilience; School adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION; USSR;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ALBANIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; USSR;

EID: 38849132800     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590701804412     Document Type: Article

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