Immigration as a Multiple-Stressor Situation: Stress and Coping Among Immigrants From the Former Soviet Union in Israel

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-268

  Yakhnich, Liat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

cognitive appraisal; coping; distress; immigration; multiple stressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449123670     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013002     Document Type: Article

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