The effects of acculturative variables on Asian American parent-child relationships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 407-426

  Dinh, Khanh T ^a   Nguyen, Huong H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturative gap; Asian American families; Generational status; Immigrants; Parent child relationships; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746136052     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407506064207     Document Type: Article

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