Sudanese Adolescent Refugees: Acculturation and Acculturative Stress

Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-181

  Poppitt, Gillian ^a   Frey, Ron ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 60649118865     PISSN: 10372911     EISSN: 18392520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/ajgc.17.2.160     Document Type: Article

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