Sociocultural influences on German and Turkish immigrant mothers' long-term socialization goals

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 834-852

  Durgel, Elif S ^a   Leyendecker, Birgit ^b   Yagmurlu, Bilge ^c   Harwood, Robin ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Socialization goals; Turkish immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350135461     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109339210     Document Type: Article

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