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23 - Children, families andschools

from Part IV - Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

By
Paul Vedder  and
Frosso Motti-Stefanidi
Edited by
David L. Sam  and
John W. Berry
David L. Sam
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
John W. Berry
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Ontario
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The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology , pp. 464 - 482
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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