Psychometric Properties of the Intergenerational Congruence in Immigrant Families: Child Scale in Chinese Americans

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-103+ii+iii+vi+vii+x+xi

  Ying, Yu Wen ^a   Lee, Peter Allen ^b   Tsai, Jeanne L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Child of immigrants; Chinese American; Immigrant families; Immigrant parents; Intergenerational congruence; Intergenerational relationship; Parent child agreement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERGENERATIONAL CONGRUENCE IN IMMIGRANT FAMILIES CHILD SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 1642406173     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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