National Identity of High-School Adolescents in an Era of Socio-Economic Change: Russia and Ukraine in the Post-Perestroika Period

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-244

  Tartakovsky, Eugene ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitude towards the country; High school adolescents; Identification with the nation; Psychological adjustment; Russia; Social support received from parents, peers, and teachers; Socio economic conditions; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651092945     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9509-6     Document Type: Article

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