The effect of acculturation on depressive moods: Immigrant boys and girls during their transition from late adolescence to early adulthood

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-44

  Turjeman, Hagit ^a   Mesch, Gustavo ^a   Fishman, Gideon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adjustment; Adolescents; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; USSR;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 38849201693     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590701804362     Document Type: Article

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