The process of immigrant adjustment: The role of time in determining psychological adjustment

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 782-798

  Markovizky, Gila ^a,c   Samid, Yuval ^b  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Immigration; Length of residence; Psychological adjustment; Stressful situation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349100910     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022108323790     Document Type: Article

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