A qualitative examination of the relationships that serve a mentoring function for Mexican American older adolescents

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 615-631

  Sánchez, Bernadette ^a   Reyes, Olga ^b   Singh, Joshua ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Mexican American; Older adolescents; Qualitative methods; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EXTENDED FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTORS; MEXICAN AMERICANS;

EID: 33750727038     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.4.615     Document Type: Article

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