Generational differences and similarities among Puerto Rican and Mexican mothers' experiences with familial ethnic socialization

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 445-464

  Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^a   Yazedjian, Ani ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Ethnic identity; Ethnic socialization; Mexican; Puerto Rican

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746135649     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407506064214     Document Type: Article

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