Gender, development, values, adaptation, and discrimination in acculturating adolescents: The case of turk heritage youth born and living in Belgium

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 7-8 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 537-548

  Güngör, Derya ^a,b   Bornstein, Marc H ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adaptation; Adolescents; Gender; Immigrants; Perceived discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749117838     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9531-2     Document Type: Article

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