A Life Domains Perspective on Acculturation and Psychological Adjustment: A Study of Refugees from the Former Soviet Union

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 60-72

  Birman, Dina ^a   Simon, Corrina D ^b   Chan, Wing Yi ^c   Tran, Nellie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Immigrants; Life domains; Life satisfaction; Psychological adjustment; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REFUGEES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893984029     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-013-9614-2     Document Type: Article

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