The influence of length of stay, linguistic competence, and media exposure in immigrants' adaptation

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-61

  Miglietta, Anna ^a   Tartaglia, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acculturation process; Emotional belonging; Language; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149488685     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: 15523578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397108326289     Document Type: Article

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