Immigrants from the former Soviet Union, 5 years post-immigration to Israel: adaptation and risk factors for psychological distress

Lerner, Y; Kertes, Jennifer; Zilber, Nelly

doi:10.1017/s0033291705005726

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Immigrants from the former Soviet Union, 5 years post-immigration to Israel: adaptation and risk factors for psychological distress

Published in Psychological Medicine • Aug 5, 2005

Authors:

Y Lerner

Jennifer Kertes

Nelly Zilber

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Studies about the effect of time on the degree of psychological distress among immigrants have reported conflicting findings. We investigated this issue in Israel, which supports actively the absorption of immigrants, and also looked for risk and protective factors for psychological dist...

Subject

Immigration

Locus of control

Distress

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