Evidence for a "Migrant Personality": Attachment Styles of Poles in Poland and Polish Immigrants in the Netherlands

Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-326

  Polek, Elzbieta ^a   van Oudenhoven, Jan Pieter ^b   Ten Berge, Jos M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dismissive attachment; immigrants' adjustment; migrant personality; migration; Polish immigrants; secure attachment; well being

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSE OF PLACE;

NETHERLANDS; POLAND;

EID: 84859339992     PISSN: 15562948     EISSN: 15562956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2011.616163     Document Type: Article

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