Individuation among Bedouin versus urban Arab adolescents: Ethnic and gender differences

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 340-350

  Dwairy, Marwan ^a,b  

^a Emeq Yezrael College   (Israel)

^b Emeq Yezrael College ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Bedouins; Collective; Culture; Individuation; MIS; OMEIS; SITA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENIAL; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MULTIGENERATIONAL INTERCONNECTEDNESS SCALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECTIVE MEASURE OF EGO IDENTITY STATUS; RATING SCALE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEPARATION INDIVIDUATION TEST OF ADOLESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 9344226819     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.10.4.340     Document Type: Article

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