Adaptation During a Great Economic Recession: A Cohort Study of Greek and Immigrant Youth

Child Development

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1139-1155

  Motti Stefanidi, Frosso ^a   Asendorpf, Jens B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; WELLBEING; ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRANT; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; SCHOOLS;

EID: 85020527150     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12878     Document Type: Article

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