Between trauma and redemption: Story form differences in immigrant narratives of successful and nonsuccessful immigration

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 953-968

  Benish Weisman, Maya ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrants' experience; Narrative psychology; Subjective adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249133990     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109346956     Document Type: Article

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