Psychological well-being and sociocultural adaptation in college-aged, repatriated, missionary kids

A growing body of literature suggests that children of international missionaries (missionary kids; MKs) struggle with repatriation and have lower levels of well-being than non-MK peers. Unfortunately, many of these reports provide only frequency or bivariate-level data, fail to report the magnitude...

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Authors: Klemens, Michael J. (Author) ; Bikos, Lynette H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2009
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2009, Volume: 12, Issue: 7, Pages: 721-733
Further subjects:B missionary children
B third culture kids
B Repatriation
B Psychological well-being
B sociocultural adaptation
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