Southeast asian immigrants' perceptions of good adolescents and good parents

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-175

  Xiong, Zha Blong ^a   Eliason, Patricia A ^a   Detzner, Daniel F ^a   Cleveland, Michael J ^b  

^a General College of the University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Good adolescents; Good parents; Immigrant parent adolescent relationships; Intergenerational relationships; Southeast Asian immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744372722     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.139.2.159-175     Document Type: Article

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