University Students' Sense of Belonging to the Home Town: The Role of Residential Mobility

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-45

  Cicognani, Elvira ^a   Menezes, Isabel ^b   Nata, Gil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE PORTUCALENSE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Place identity; Sense of community; University students

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; STUDENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 80052218167     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9716-2     Document Type: Article

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