Parenting and Psychological Adjustment of Adolescent Immigrants in Israel

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-425

  Dwairy, Marwan ^a   Dor, Asnat ^b  

^a School for Gifted and Excellent Students   (Israel)

^b THE MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

immigration; inconsistency; mental health; parental control; rejection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTHORITY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; USSR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTHORITARIANISM; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; USSR;

EID: 67650193602     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015830     Document Type: Article

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