The interplay between values, acculturation and adaptation: A study on Turkish‐Belgian adolescentsFootnote

Derya Güngör is a fellow post‐doctoral researcher in ERCOMER (The European Research Center on Migration and Ethnic Relations), Utrecht University, The Netherlands. This study was carried out while the author was affiliated to Ankara University in Turkey and financially supported by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) within the framework of a postdoctoral scholarship program. The data was collected with the collaboration of the Limburg Provincial Integration Center (PRIC) in Hasselt, Belgium. With special thanks to Professors Karen Phalet, Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı, and Olcay İmamoğlu for their critical comments at different stages of the manuscript. Also thanks to the anonymous reviewers.

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