Attachment styles and demographic factors as predictors of sociocultural and psychological adjustment of Eastern European immigrants in the Netherlands

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 919-928

  Polek, Elzbieta ^a   Van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter ^a   Ten Berge, Jos M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; OBJECT RELATION; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POLAND; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUSSIA; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50949124798     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207590701484835     Document Type: Article

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