A Qualitative Investigation of Korean Immigrant Women's Lives

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-553

  Yoon, Eunju ^a   Lee, Dal Yob ^b   Koo, Young Ran ^c   Yoo, Sung Kyung ^d  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Daegu University   (South Korea)

^c Youngdeungpo Elementary School   (South Korea)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

adult populations; international; multiculturalism; qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951947203     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000009346993     Document Type: Article

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