Serial Migration and Its Implications for the Parent-Child Relationship: A Retrospective Analysis of the Experiences of the Children of Caribbean Immigrants

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-122

  Smith, Andrea ^a   Lalonde, Richard N ^a   Johnson, Simone ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean immigrants; Parent child relationship; Serial migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442599362     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.10.2.107     Document Type: Article

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