Ethnic identity and its relation to personal self-esteem: A comparison of canadian-born and foreign-born chinese adolescents

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 288-299

  Lay, Clarry ^a   Verkuyten, Maykel ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CANADA; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0033145870     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224549909598385     Document Type: Article

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