Parent-child value transmission among Chinese immigrants to North America: The case of traditional mate preferences

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 230-244

  Hynie, Michaela ^a   Lalonde, Robert N ^a   Lee, Nam S ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Family relationships; Immigration; Marriage and dating; Values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINESE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NORTH AMERICA; PREDICTION; SPOUSE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745779503     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.2.230     Document Type: Article

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