School adjustment of first-generation Chinese-American adolescents

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-84

  Zhou, Zheng ^a   Peverly, Stephen T ^b   Xin, Tao ^b   Huang, Annie S ^b   Wang, Weidong ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037243529     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.10070     Document Type: Article

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