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Author Ben-Sira, Zeev, 1925-1995.

Title Immigration, stress, and readjustment / Zeev Ben-Sira ; foreword by Elihu Katz
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1997

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Description xviii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Foreword: The Academic Work of Zeev Ben-Sira -- Introduction: Immigration - A Stress-Precipitating Change -- 1. Immigration - A Desirable Yet Disillusioning Social Change -- 2. Reasons for Migration and the Absorbing Society's Perspectives -- 3. Immigration and Stress: A General Overview -- 4. Immigration and Readjustment -- 5. Integration -- 6. Demands, Stressors, and Catalysts -- 7. Coping and Resources -- 8. An Empirical Model of Readjustment -- 9. Conclusion -- App. A. Study Design -- App. B. Composite Variables -- App. C. Methodology -- App. D. Correlations ([mu][subscript 2]) among Components of the Readjustment Process: Veterans -- App. E. Correlations ([mu][subscript 2]) among Components of the Readjustment Process: Immigrants
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-172) and index
Subject Adjustment (Psychology)
Emigration and immigration -- Psychological aspects.
Immigrants -- Psychology.
Social integration.
Stress (Psychology)
LC no. 96020687
ISBN 0275956326 (alk. paper)