Chinese immigrant mothers of adolescents: Self-perceptions of acculturation effects on parenting

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-140

  Buki, Lydia P ^a   Ma, Tsung Chieh ^b   Strom, Robert D ^c   Strom, Shirley K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Chinese; Immigrant; Mothers; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTHOOD; RACE; SELF CONCEPT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEW YORK CITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037406771     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.9.2.127     Document Type: Article

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