Family-Related Antecedents of Early Adolescent Immigrants’ Psychological and Sociocultural School Adjustment in Germany

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1606-1625

  Schachner, Maja K ^a,b   Van de Vijver, Fons J R ^b,c,d   Noack, Peter ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

acculturation; cultural distance; early adolescents; family; Germany; school adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910090780     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022114543831     Document Type: Article

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