Patterns of psychological acculturation in adult and adolescent Moroccan immigrants living in the Netherlands

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 689-704

  Stevens, Gonneke W J M ^a,e,f   Pels, Trees V M ^b,g   Vollebergh, Wilma A M ^c,d   Crijnen, Alfons A M ^a,h  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Verwey Jonker Institute   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Latent class analysis; Moroccan immigrants; Psychological acculturation

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644268039     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022104270111     Document Type: Article

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