Daily hassles and coping dispositions as predictors of psychological adjustment: A comparative study of young unaccompanied refugees and youth in the resettlement country

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 293-303

  Seglem, Karoline B ^a   Oppedal, Brit ^a   Roysamb, Espen ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

coping; daily hassles; depressive symptoms; life satisfaction; unaccompanied refugees; youth

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMOR; IMMIGRANT; IRAQ; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; MOROCCO; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOMALIA; SRI LANKA; SUBSTANCE USE;

EID: 84899027125     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025414520807     Document Type: Article

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