The Impact of Familial and Environmental Factors on the Adjustment of Immigrants: A Longitudinal Study

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-123

  Slonim Nevo, Vered ^a   Mirsky, Julia ^a   Rubinstein, Ludmila ^a   Nauck, Bernhard ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adult and adolescent immigrants; discrimination; family relationships; former Soviet Union; life stressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849118173     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X08324575     Document Type: Article

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