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Connectedness and Psychological Well-Being Among Adolescents of Immigrant Background in Kenya

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Global Perspectives on Well-Being in Immigrant Families

Part of the book series: Advances in Immigrant Family Research ((ADIMFAMRES,volume 1))

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Little—if anything—is known about the factors that contribute to the positive development and psychological functioning of adolescents of immigrant background in the African context. The present study addresses this knowledge gap by investigating the influence of parent and peer attachment, the sense of school belonging, and religious and ethnic identity on the psychological well-being of adolescents of Arab and Asian background in Kenya. The central research question is to what extent adolescent connectedness influences psychological well-being.

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  1. Department of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    Amina Abubakar & Fons J. R. van de Vijver

  2. North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

    Fons J. R. van de Vijver

  3. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Fons J. R. van de Vijver

  4. Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

    Lubna Mazrui & Margaret Murugami

  5. United States International University–Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

    Josephine Arasa

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Abubakar, A., van de Vijver, F., Mazrui, L., Murugami, M., Arasa, J. (2014). Connectedness and Psychological Well-Being Among Adolescents of Immigrant Background in Kenya. In: Dimitrova, R., Bender, M., van de Vijver, F. (eds) Global Perspectives on Well-Being in Immigrant Families. Advances in Immigrant Family Research, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9129-3_6

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