Psychometric properties of the Intergenerational Congruence in Immigrant Families-Parent Scale in Chinese Americans

Social Work Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-62

  Ying, Yu Wen ^a   Tracy, Lisa C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chinese Americans; Immigrant families; Intergenerational Congruence in Immigrant Families Parent Scale; Intergenerational relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642516483     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/28.1.56     Document Type: Article

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