Social adjustment among students growing up in foreign mission-field contexts

Christian Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-124

  Firmin, Michael ^a   Warner, Susan ^a   Lowe, Amybeth ^a  

^a CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011525650     PISSN: 15363759     EISSN: 15394107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363750500182711     Document Type: Article

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