The influence of family functioning and parent-adolescent acculturation on North American Chinese adolescent outcomes

Family Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 400-410

  Crane, D Russell ^a   Ngai, So Wa ^b   Larson, Jeffry H ^a   Hafen Jr , McArthur ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University ^*

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescent depression; Chinese adolescents; Delinquency; Family functioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844596690     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2005.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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