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The article presents findings about an important but seldom studied group, Muslim American immigrant families in the United States, and provides direction for helping mothers and adolescents adjust to a new country. More than six hundred families provided extensive data.<\/p>\n

Professor Aroian is the director of research for UCF’s College of Nursing and holds the Chatlos Foundation Endowed Chair in Nursing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr. Karen Aroian’s research “A model of mother-child Adjustment in Arab Muslim Immigrants to the United States” has been published in the Sept. 2009 issue of the peer-reviewed international journal, Social Science & Medicine, the world’s most cited social science journal. 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