International families in cross-cultural perspective: A family strengths approach

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 47-64

  Medora, Nilufer P ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural awareness; Cultural diversity; Ethnic minority families; Family strengths; International families; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746596226     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v38n03_04     Document Type: Article

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